Sport | Other Sports
Mohammad attends 15th edition of Games
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, arrived in Doha last evening to attend the 15th Asian Games.
- WAM
- Published: 23:35 May 3, 2009
Doha: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, arrived in Doha last evening to attend the 15th Asian Games.
General Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, also reached Qatar last evening to be present at the Games.
Both were received upon their arrival at the Doha International Airport by Shaikh Abdul Rahman Al Thani, Qatari Minister for Municipal Affairs and Agriculture, and a number of other prominent officials.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Palestinian Prime Minister Esmail Haniyah were among other Middle East leaders at the opening ceremony, Qatar's official news agency said.
Syrian President Bashar Assad, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and Kuwait's Prime Minister Nasser Al Hamad Al Sabah were also among the other leaders who arrived in the Gulf country.
Share this article
More from Other sports
More from Sport
Popular in Sport
-
Sport
Beach soccer action
Action from the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup at the Umm Suqueim Beach
Sport Editor's choice
-
Bhupathi-Knowles duo
Indo-Bahamian pair confident of winning the tourney
-
Rosberg named on Mercedes F1 team
The 24-year-old has spent the last four seasons at Williams
-
Delhi Private School reign supreme
The victories are special to us as we beat teams from abroad - Ali
