Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Abu Dhabi as part of his two-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates, where he is expected to meet with his counterpart, Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed al-Maktoum, UAE PM and ruler of the emirate of Dubai and Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed a -Nahyan , president of the UAE.

Hariri is being accompanied by his senior finance adviser, Mohammad Shatah, his media adviser, Hani Hammoud, his chief of staff, Nader Hariri, and former MP Bassem al-Sabeh.

Hariri was welcomed at the airport by UAE Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, UAE Ambassador to Lebanon, Rahme Al Zuaabi and acting charge d’affairs of the Lebanese Embassy in the UAE Farah al-Khatib al-Hariri.

Before traveling to the UAE, Hariri visited the Catholic Archbishopric of Beirut and extended condolences to the family of Hassib Sabbagh.
Sabbagh, who established the Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), died on Tuesday after a long illness.