02Aug2005 Leaders Arrive in Riyadh For King Fahd's Funeral

Riyadh, 2nd August, 2005

Leaders of a number of Arab, Islamic and friendly countries have started arriving here to participate in the funeral prayers for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz.

They include:

Sultan Bolkiah of Brunei

Abdullah Wade, President of Senegal

Hamid Krazai, President of Afghanistan

Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestine

Iyaduddin Ahmad, President of Bangladesh

Ilham Aleyev, President of Azerbaijan

Ould Al-Taya, the Presidents of Mauritania

Prince Rasheed bin Hassan II

Dr Ibrahim Al_jaffarimier, the Iraqi Premier

Adnas Terzich, the Premier of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Sultan Qaboos of Oman

Ali Othman Mohammed Taha, Sudanese Vice-President

King Hamad bin Eisa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain

Zine-al-abdine bin Ali, President of Tunisia

Isma'il Jaila, Presidentof Djibouti

Jalal Al-Talbani, President of Iraq

Pervez Musharraf,President of Pakistan

Abdulaziz Boutaflika, President of Algeria

Amado Tomani, President of Mali

Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria

Klaus Havel, Presidentof Czech Republic

Ghazi Al-Yawir, Iraqi's Vice-President

Sheikh Sabah Alahmad Aljabir Alsabah, Kuwait's premier and the accompanying delegation

Sheikh Khalifah bin Zayed Al Nahayan, United Arab Emirates' President and the accompanying delegation

President Mohammad Hosni Muabarak of Egypt and the accompanying delegation

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar and the accompanying delegation; Italy's Senate Speaker Barsollo Biera

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