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UAE Leaders Send Condolences To New Zealand's Governor-General For Terror Attack Victims
Fakhir Rizvi Published March 15, 2019 | 09:30 PM
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable to Dame Patsy Reddy, the Governor-General of New Zealand, expressing his heartfelt condolences and sympathy for the victims of the terror attack on two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch city
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 15th Mar, 2019) President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable to Dame Patsy Reddy, the Governor-General of New Zealand, expressing his heartfelt condolences and sympathy for the victims of the terror attack on two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch city.
Scores of innocent people were killed and injured in the attacks.
In his cable, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed has condemned in the strongest possible terms the heinous crime in which many innocent people fell victim while safely and securely performing Friday prayers. The president stressed the need for countering hatred and intolerance, affirming that compassion and coexistence among peoples are the lifeline for humanity from this imminent danger.
The president stressed that terrorism has no religion and that intolerance and extremism are the sources of evil and scourge, while calling from the UAE, a nation of tolerance, the international community to stand united in the face of this black terrorism, blind fanaticism and closed thoughts which kill innocent people every day without any guilt.
President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa expressed his profound condolences to the families of victims and the friendly people of New Zealand. He also wished a speedy recovery to those injured during the attacks His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, dispatched similar cables of condolences to the governor general and Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand.
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