Abdullah bin Zayed offers condolences by phone to Ghana Foreign Minister over victims of military helicopter crash
ABU DHABI (WAM)
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Monday offered his sincere condolences to the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Ghana, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, over the victims of the recent military helicopter crash.
In a phone call with his Ghanaian counterpart, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah expressed sympathy for the deaths of the Ministers of Defence, Environment, and Science and Technology, along with other senior officials, who were killed in a military helicopter crash in the Ashanti Region.
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