Dubai : UAE Leaders yesterday offered their condolences to the Egyptian leadership on the death of Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese. He passed away on Saturday, at the age of 88.
Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates, Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi of Sharjah, Shaikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi of Ajman, Shaikh Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Sharqi of Fujairah, and Shaikh Saud Bin Rashid Al Mualla of Umm Al Quwain, sent cables of condolences to Field Marshal Mohammad Hussain Tantawi, Chairman of Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
Pope Shenouda III served as the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from November 1971.
The Rulers extended their sincere condolences to the Egyptian people, Copts in Egypt and abroad on the death of Pope Shenouda III.
Cables
Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Ammar Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, Shaikh Mohammad Bin Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, and Shaikh Rashid Bin Saud Bin Rashid Al Mualla, Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain, sent similar cables to Tantawi.
Shaikh Sultan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President's Representative, Shaikh Ahmad Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Abdullah Bin Salem Bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, also sent a cable of condolences to Tantawi.
