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World leaders pay respects in UAE after death of pro-West president

Members of the Royal family sit while receiving condolences after the death of late President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 15, 2022. United Arab Emirates Ministry of Presidential Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

World leaders descended on the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to offer condolences to new leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on the death of his half-brother President Khalifa bin Zayed in a show of support to a key regional player.

Sheikh Mohammed, now ruler of wealthy Abu Dhabi emirate, steered the Western-allied Gulf state, an OPEC oil producer and regional business hub, for years before being named the UAE's third president by a federal supreme council on Saturday.

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