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UAE pays last respects to Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmed Al Mualla
(Wam)

3 January 2009
UMM AL QAIWAIN - The United Arab Emirates today paid the last respects to the late Sheikh Rashid Bin Ahmed Al Mualla who passed away in London on Friday morning.

President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum led the huge gathering of mourners at the funeral which took place in Umm Al Qaiwain.

Their Highnesses Shaikh Khalifa, Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Their Highnesses  Members of the UAE Supreme Council and Rulers of the Emirates, a host shaikhs, dignitaries, UAE nationals and residents offered the funeral prayer for the deceased at the Grand Mosque in Umm Al Qaiwain.

The late Sheikh Rashid Bin Ahmed Al Mualla was then interred at the Umm Al Qaiwain Cemetery.

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