WAM ABU DHABI: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister has condemned last Sunday's attack on the Rafah border post in Sinai which killed sixteen Egyptian border guards and injured another seven.

The minister denounced the abominable crime and expressed the UAE's sympathy and solidarity with Egypt against extremism and terrorism.

He emphasized the UAE's rejection of these ugly criminal acts.

Sheikh Abdullah expressed heartfelt condolences to the Egyptian government and the families of the martyrs and sympathy with the injured whom he wished rapid recovery.

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