Mohammed Bin Zayed arrives in JeddahMECCA, SAUDI ARABIA: His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces has joined the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia in the funeral prayer on the late Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, deputy premier and minister of interior at the Grand Mosque in the Holy city of Mecca.
Saudi princes, heads of states, representatives of Arab and Islamic countries and a large congregation performed the funeral prayer and prayed to Allah Almighty to bestow mercy on the soul of the late prince. The body of the late Prince Nayef then was buried in the Al-Adl cemetery In Makkah. Sheikh Mohammed later offered condolences of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to King Abdullah and to Their Royal Highnesses brothers and sons of Prince Nayef. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed was accompanied by H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy ruler of Dubai, H.H Lt.General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Mohammed Mubarak Al-Mazrouie, Undersecretary of the court of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2012.
