Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Aviation and Inspector-General Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz was one of the many participants in funeral prayers for Prince Ahmad bin Salman and Prince Sultan bin Faisal bin Turki at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Mosque in Riyadh yesterday. Among the foreign dignitaries who came to the Kingdom to offer condolences were Prime Minister of Bahrain Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri, and Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Condolences were received from Arab and Muslim leaders and from princes, religious scholars, dignitaries and citizens as well as from Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.

Meanwhile, from Geneva Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz sent cables of condolence to Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and to Prince Faisal bin Turki on the deaths of their sons; and Prince Abdulaziz bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, Minister of State, cabinet member and head of the cabinet office, expressed in a condolence statement in Geneva deep sadness and sorrow for the death of Prince Ahmad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, saying the deceased was a sincere patriotic figure distinguished for his loyalty to his religion and his service to his country.

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