The King Philip VI travel this sunday to Abu Dhabi to convey his condolences on the death of the president of the United Arab Emirates, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, but he is not scheduled to meet with his father, the king emerituswho lives in the capital of this country, according to sources from Real home.
Felipe VI, who is already flying to Abu Dhabi, makes this trip as head of state and in that type of ceremony the times are “very tight & rdquor;, these sources point out. That long-awaited meeting father and son will take place when Juan Carlos I returns to visit Spainsomething that, as announced by the emeritus in March, would do soon.
The King travels accompanied by the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Luis Manuel Cuestato convey his condolences to the new President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyandue to the death of Khalifa Bin Zayed al Nahyan.
It is expected that the presidents of France and Turkey, the Kings of Belgium and those of the Netherlandsin addition to the president of the Council of the European Union, Charles Michel, among other leaders.
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The King has been present at similar ceremonies held in Omandue to the death of His Majesty Qaboos Bin Said in 2020or Saudi Arabia, for the death of His Majesty Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in 2015.
Following the death in September 2020 of Sheikh Saba al Ahmad al Jaber al Saba, emir of kuwaitDon Felipe was unable to attend the Kuwaiti capital due to the pandemic. After conveying his condolences to the head of state of the United Arab Emirates, the King will undertake a return trip to Madrid.