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UAE President receives former French president

President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan met here on Monday former French president Jack Chirac.

  • WAM
  • Published: 17:51 December 15, 2008
  • Gulf News

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan met here on Monday former French president Jack Chirac.

General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, were present at the meeting, where they held friendly talks on the bilateral relations between the UAE and France.

Chirac offered greetings to Shaikh Khalifa on the occasion of the wedding of Shaikh Khalid Bin Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who thanked him for the greetings.

A number of Shaikhs, ministers and senior state officials attended the meeting.

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