ABU DHABI // Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi visited Abu Dhabi’s Wahat Al Karama Memorial, built to commemorate the UAE heroes during a visit to the capital on Friday, the state news agency Wam reported.
He was accompanied by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoon, Director of the Martyrs’ Families’ Affairs Office of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince.
President El Sisi inspected the guard of honour and laid a wreath at the memorial. He then toured the memorial and also visited the Pavilion of Honour, where he was briefed about the Pavilion that has names of the UAE heroes and Quranic verses engraved on its mural.
“I was honoured to visit the memorial of our glorious martyrs from the UAE. I pray to Allah the Almighty to rest their souls in eternal peace, to bestow patience and solace on their families and to endow the UAE, its leadership and its people with safety, peace and security,” President El Sisi wrote in the monument’s register at the end of the visit.
President El Sisi also visited the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. He performed the Friday prayer at the mosque, along with the President of Mali and the Chairman of the Bosnian Council of Ministers.
