Foreign dignitaries, guests of World Cup opening ceremony depart Doha

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Algeria President Abdelmajid Tebboune, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh left Doha yesterday after attending the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. President al-Sisi and the accompanying delegation were seen off upon departure at Hamad International Airport by HE the Minister of Sports and Youth Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser al-Ali and Egyptian ambassador to Qatar Amr El-Sherbiny. President Tebboune and the accompanying delegation were seen off by HE the Minister of Sports and Youth, Qatar’s ambassador to Algeria Abdulaziz Ali al-Naama and the Algerian ambassador to Qatar Mustafa Boutoura. President Guelleh and the accompanying delegation were seen off by HE the Minister of Sports and Youth and Djibouti’s ambassador to Qatar Tayeb Dbd Robleh. President Abbas and the accompanying delegation were seen off by

HE the Minister of State Sheikh Fahad bin Faisal al-Thani, and Palestinian ambassador to Qatar Munir Abdullah Ghannam. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres left Doha on Sunday after attending the opening ceremony of the World Cup. He and the accompanying delegation were seen off by HE the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) Representative for the Gulf States and Yemen and Director of the Unesco Regional Office in Doha, Salah El Din Zaki Khaled. Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar also departed Doha after attending the opening ceremony.