UAE president makes rare appearance

By AFP

10 June 2018 | 10:32 am

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has met with family members in France, UAE media reported Sunday, one of his rare appearances since a stroke in 2014. The official WAM news agency published photos of white-bearded Abu Dhabi Emir Sheikh Khalifa, 70, chatting with relatives at his residence in the French resort…

A handout picture released by the United Arab Emirates News Agency WAM on June 10, 2018, shows UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (C) meeting with family members at his residence in the French resort town of Evian, one of his rare appearances since a stroke in 2014.<br />The official news agency published photos of white-bearded Abu Dhabi Emir Sheikh Khalifa, 70, chatting with relatives / AFP PHOTO / WAM / Handout

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has met with family members in France, UAE media reported Sunday, one of his rare appearances since a stroke in 2014.

The official WAM news agency published photos of white-bearded Abu Dhabi Emir Sheikh Khalifa, 70, chatting with relatives at his residence in the French resort town of Evian.

Sheikh Khalifa in 2004 succeeded his father, the late UAE founding president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, as ruler of Abu Dhabi — the largest and wealthiest of the seven-member United Arab Emirates.

Sheikh Khalifa has previously made only one public appearance since undergoing an operation following a stroke in January 2014, marking the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday last year.

Khalifa has withdrawn from day-to-day decisions, allowing his half-brother and crown prince, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, to assume greater power.

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