Mohamed bin Zayed receives Austrian Chancellor

ABU DHABI, 29th April, 2018 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has received the Austrian Federal Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, who is on an official visit to the country. An official reception ceremony was held upon Chancellor Kurz's arrival, where the national anthem of Austria was played, along with the firing of 21 artillery rounds to greet the country's guests. The visiting chancellor was greeted by a number of senior officials, while Sheikh Mohamed greeted the senior officials accompanying the Austrian Chancellor. H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interiorm H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs; H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation; Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Director of the Martyrs' Families' Affairs Office at the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court; Sheikh Diab bin Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan; Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy; Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry; Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation; Hessa Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development; Dr. Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State; Zaki Nusseibeh, Minister of State; Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences; Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence; Dr. Ahmed Mubarak Al Mazroui, Secretary-General of the Executive Council; Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak; Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority; Jassim Mohammed Buatabh Al Zaabi Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office; Saif Mohammed Al Hajri, Chairman of the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi; Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces; Major General Mohammed Khalfan Al Rumaithi; Commander-in-Chief of Abu Dhabi Police; Major General Lt. General Juma Ahmed Al Bowardi Al Falasi, Adviser to Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Hamad Ali Al Kaabi, UAE Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative at International Organisations, along with a number of ministers, senior officials, and people in business greeted the Austrian Chancellor. The Austrian delegation included, Margarete Schrambock, Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs, Dr. Andreas Liebmann, Ambassador of Austria to the UAE, Barbara Kaudl Yenzen, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Austrian Chancellor, and a number of officials, people in business and directors of Austrian companies and institutions.