His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, arrived in the UAE yesterday for a two-day state visit. Presidency in Abu Dhabi.
A number of children presented bouquets of flowers to President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, in celebration of his visit. The plane carrying the Egyptian President, upon entering the airspace, accompanied by UAE warplanes to welcome the guest of the country.
During a short break in the VIP lounge at the Presidential Airport, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed the Egyptian President and exchanged cordial talks reflecting the strength of brotherly relations between the two countries and their brotherly peoples.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on his page on the social networking site «Twitter»: «I welcome the guest of the country, dear friend, His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El Sisi .. The relations of the UAE and Egypt are historic and strategic, and we have a common will to strengthen and develop them to serve our countries and peoples» .
The Egyptian President was received by HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, HH Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor, and HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs. His Highness Sheikh Hamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, His Highness Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Supreme Council Affairs In the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Ahmed Juma Al Zaabi, Minister of State, Head of the Honorary Mission accompanying Egyptian President Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Chairman of the Federal Customs Authority Ali Saeed Matar Al Neyadi, Deputy Secretary General of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Bin Hammad Al Shamsi and Under Secretary of the Crown Prince's Court Mohammed Mubarak Al-Mazrouei, and State Ambassador to Cairo Juma Mubarak Al-Junaibi.
The delegation accompanying the Egyptian President includes Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic Major General Mostafa Sherif Mahmoud Talaat Sabour, Minister of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform Dr. Hala Helmy Al-Saeed Younis, General Intelligence Chief Major General Abbas Mustafa Kamel Mohamed, and Egypt's Ambassador to the State Sherif El-Bedewy.