Members of AIPU observe minute of silence in mourning for Khalifa

Fawzia bint Abdullah Zainal, President of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU), and Speaker of the Council of Representatives, said, "I extend my sincerest condolences and great sympathy to Their Highnesses, Members of the Supreme Council, Rulers of the United Arab Emirates, and to His Excellency Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council, and to all the people of the UAE, on the death of the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. We pray to Allah Almighty to bless his soul and dwell him in His vast gardens, and to perpetuate the development drive of the Emirates under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan."