UAE leaders offer condolences to China's Xi Jinping over plane crash

Tuesday, 22 March 2022 13:53

By ARN News Staff

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable to Chinese President Xi Jinping to offer condolences over the recent crash of a Chinese airliner.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE 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, also sent similar messages to the Chinese leader.

A search is currently underway around heavily forested slopes for victims and flight recorders from a China Eastern Airlines jet after it crashed on Monday in the mountains of southern Guangxi with 132 people on board.

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