Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, July 22, 2019. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
"We express our deepest solidarity with friendly China," said the crown prince of Abu Dhabi on Saturday while China observed a national mourning for COVID-19 victims.
DUBAI, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Saturday expressed solidarity with the Chinese government and people in their national mourning to the victims of COVID-19.
The building of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is illuminated to support China in the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), March 12, 2020. (WAM/Handout via Xinhua)
"Today, we express our deepest solidarity with friendly China, the government and the people, in its national mourning to its citizens and brave medical staff who lost their lives," Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed said on his official Twitter account in three languages: Chinese, Arabic and English.
"Our condolences go to victims and their families all over the world and we wish a speedy recovery of those affected … we will face this challenge with the determination, will and solidarity of all people," he added.
The building of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is illuminated with slogans in Chinese reading "Wuhan, come on," in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Feb. 2, 2020, to cheer China up in the fight against the novel coronavirus. (WAM/Handout via Xinhua)
The UAE was the first among the Gulf countries to report COVID-19 cases, which so far has confirmed 1,264 infections with nine deaths.
The building of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company is illuminated to support China in the fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), March 12, 2020. (WAM/Handout via Xinhua)
On Feb. 2 and March 12, the UAE iconic landmarks, including Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, in Dubai and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company headquarters in Abu Dhabi, were lit up twice in the colors of China's national flag in solidarity with its fight against the coronavirus. ■