World leaders expected in Morocco sunday for funerals of late King Hassan II
Morocco, Politics, 7/24/1999

Several world leaders, monarchs and officials have announced their participation in the funerals of the late King Hassan II, who died Friday at 16h30 (local and GMT) of a heart attack at Ibn Sina Hospital in Rabat.

Initially scheduled after mid-day, the funeral service was postponed to 16:15 GMT and local time ("Al Asr" prayer) to allow for foreign officials to arrive in Morocco.

Here is a list of foreign officials who have so far announced participation in the funerals of the late King Hassan II:

- King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan

- Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak

- Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

- Palestinian President Yasser Arafat

- Senegalese President Abdou Diouf,

- Mauritanian president Mouaouyia Ould Sid Ahmed Taya,

- The Emir of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad ben Issa Al-Khalifa,

- Crown prince and prime minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Saad al-Abdallah Al-Sabah

- Saudi defense minister, prince Sultan ben Abdel Aziz

- Yemeni president Ali Abdallah Saleh

- Iraqi Vice-President Taha Yassine Ramadan and foreign minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf

- Secretary-General of the Arab League, Esmat Abdelmeguid

- King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain

- US president Bill Clinton and his spouse Hillary Rodham Clinton

- French president Jacques Chirac and his spouse

- Prince Charles of Britain

- Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

- French foreign minister, Hubert Vedrine, representing the French government

- British secretary to the foreign office Robin Cook

- Former Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto

- Prince Takamado, cousin of Japanese emperor Akihito

- Speaker of the Council of the Russian federation (upper chamber of the parliament), Egor StroÐev

- King Albert of Belgium and Belgian foreign minister Louis Michel,

- South African president Thabo Mbeki

- Prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wajed,

- Israeli president Ezer Weizman, prime minister, Ehud Barak, and foreign minister David Levy

- Former French President Valery Giscard D'estaing

- President of the Swiss Confederation, Ruth Dreifuss

- Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio

- President of Equatorial Guinea, Theodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

a-Speaker of the European Parliament, Nicole Fontaine

- The European Union Envoy for the Middle-East, Miguel Moratinos

- German President Johannes Rau

- Italian Foreign Minister, Lamberto Dini

- President of Cote D'Ivoire, Henri Conan Bedie

- Advisor to the People's Republic of China, Ismael Amal

- Speaker of the Austrian Parliament, Heinz Fischer

- General Governor of Canada, Michel le Blanc.

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