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UAE leaders offer condolences to India on the passing of former PM Manmohan Singh

Singh, who held office from 2004 to 2014, died at the age of 92 on Thursday

Published: Sun 29 Dec 2024, 1:29 PM

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UAE leaders have condoled India on Sunday on the passing of former prime minister Manmohan Singh who died on Thursday aged 92.

President Sheikh Mohamed extended his condolences to Indian President Droupadi Murmu in a cable.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of the Presidential Court, also sent similar cables of condolences to Murmu.

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Additionally, Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Mansour sent cables of condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Singh, who held office from 2004 to 2014, passed away at Delhi's AIIMS hospital. Seven days of state mourning were declared in India.

India on Saturday accorded Singh, one of the architects of the country's economic liberalisation in the early 1990s, a state funeral with full military honours, complete with a gun salute.

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