President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has received congratulatory cables on the occasion of Eid al-Adha from Heads of State of a number of Arab and Muslim countries.

The cables were sent by Qaboos bin Said Al Sai, Sultan of Oman; Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain; King Abdullah II of Jordan; President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt; President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir of Sudan; President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria; President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan; President Emomali Rahmonov of of Tajikistan; President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan; Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers of Oman; Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait; Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region; Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of Afghanistan; and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.

Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, received similar cables on the occasion from Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain; President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan; President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt; President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria; President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan; President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan; Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers of Oman; Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait; Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region; Bakri Hassan Saleh, Prime Minister of Sudan; Saad Al Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon; Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of Afghanistan; and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received Eid al-Adha congratulatory cables from Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain; President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt; President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria; President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan; President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan; Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers of Oman; Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait; Masoud Barzani, President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region; Bakri Hassan Saleh, Prime Minister of Sudan; Saad Al Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon; Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of Afghanistan; and Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.