UAE leaders condole with President of Libya on death of army chief, accompanying delegation in plane crash

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to the Dr  Mohamed Yunus Al Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidential Council, on the death of Chief of Staff of the Libyan Army, Lieutenant General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al Haddad, and his accompanying delegation, following the crash of a Libyan military aircraft.

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, dispatched similar messages of condolences to Dr Al Menfi and to Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Unity.

Later, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the State of Libya over the death of Lieutenant General Mohammed Al Haddad and several military senior officials in a plane crash near Ankara's airport while en route to Tripoli.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, and to government and people of Libya over this tragedy.

WAM