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Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed offers condolences on the passing of Mohamed Saeed Abdullah Al Qubaisi

Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed offers condolences on the passing of Mohamed Saeed Abdullah Al Qubaisi

Al Etihad10-05-2025

10 May 2025 20:17
ABU DHABI (ALETIHAD)His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has offered his condolences on the passing of Mohamed Saeed Abdullah Al Qubaisi, at Majlis Al Bateen in Abu Dhabi.
His Highness expressed his sincere sympathies to the family, and wished them courage and solace.

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