Businessman Bahaa Al-Hariri tweeted, via his Twitter account, saying: “With deep sadness and sorrow, we received the news of the death of the President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.”

He added: “My sincere condolences and sympathy to Al Nahyan family and the UAE, which has always stood by Lebanon and its people in their most difficult ordeal.”