Which world leaders are visiting Qatar to pay their condolences?

Leaders from the region and across the world are visiting Qatar to pay their condolences on the death of Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.

Sheikh Hamad, who ruled the country from 1995 to 2013 and revolutionised modern-day Qatar, died on Sunday. He was 74.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who succeeded his father as Qatar’s emir, has been receiving dignitaries, ambassadors and crowds of mourners at the Lusail Palace for three days beginning on Monday.

Here’s what we know about those who came and are expected to come, according to the Amiri Diwan, Qatar’s top government body:

Middle East and North Africa

Bahrain

On Monday, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa offered his condolences to Sheikh Tamim.

Egypt

President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi offered his condolences on the passing of Sheikh Hamad on Tuesday morning.

Turkiye

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan flew into Doha on Tuesday to meet Emir Sheikh Tamim and offer his condolences.

Kuwait

Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah offered his condolences to Sheikh Tamim on Monday morning.

Lebanon

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called on Sheikh Tamim at Lusail Palace on Monday and paid his respects to the departed soul.

President Joseph Aoun offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday.

Syria

President Ahmed al-Sharaa offered his condolences “on the passing of the forgiven, by Allah’s will, His Highness The Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani” on Monday, the Amiri Diwan said.

Iraq

President Nizar Amidi offered his condolences to Sheikh Tamim on Monday night at the palace.

Kurdish region of Iraq

President Nechirvan Barzani offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Monday evening.

United Arab Emirates

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Crown Prince of Ajman Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi offered their condolences at Lusail Palace on Monday evening.

Sheikh Tamim also received a phone call from President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who expressed his “sincere condolences and sympathy on the passing” of the late father emir.

Saudi Arabia

Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, governor of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, offered his condolences to Sheikh Tamim on Monday.

Sheikh Tamim also received a phone call on Monday from Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who expressed his condolences, “praying to Almighty Allah to encompass HH The Late Father Amir with His boundless mercy and grant him a place in His spacious Paradise”, according to the Amiri Diwan.

Oman

Deputy Prime Minister for Defence Affairs Sayyid Shihab bin Tarik Al Said offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Monday evening.

Morocco

Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch offered his condolences to Sheikh Tamim on Monday evening.

Libya

Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, head of the interim government, offered his condolences to Sheikh Tamim on Monday evening.

Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya, Mohamed Younis al-Menfi, along with his accompanying delegation, offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday morning.

Palestine

President Mahmoud Abbas offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

Jordan

Royal Highness Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II offered his condolences on Tuesday and King Abdullah II offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

Yemen

President Rashad al-Alimi offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

GCC

Secretary-general of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday morning.

Arab League

Secretary-general of the League of Arab States, Nabil Fahmy, offered his condolences on the passing of the late father emir on Tuesday morning.

Europe

Italy

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni offered her condolences to Sheikh Tamim on the passing of his father on Tuesday morning.

United Kingdom

Prince Edward, the duke of Edinburgh, arrived in Doha on Wednesday morning to offer condolences to Sheikh Tamim on behalf of Britain.

Switzerland 

Vice President of the Swiss Confederation Ignazio Cassis offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday morning.

Germany

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

France

Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

Georgia

President Mikheil Kavelashvili offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

FIFA 

FIFA President Gianni Infantino offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Monday evening.

Latin America

Cuba

Prime Minister Eduardo Martínez offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

Africa

Mauritania 

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday morning.

Comoros 

President of the Union of the Comoros, Azali Assoumani, along with his accompanying delegation, offered his condolences on Tuesday morning.

Rwanda

President Paul Kagame offered his condolences to Sheikh Tamim on Monday morning at the palace.

Ethiopia 

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed offered his condolences on Monday night.

Senegal

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

Somalia

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday.

Sudan

The president of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday.

Asia

Pakistan 

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Monday morning.

India 

Kiren Rijiju, minister of parliamentary affairs and minority affairs, visited Qatar on Tuesday to convey condolences on behalf of the Indian government.

Maldives

President Mohamed Muizzu offered his condolences on Monday evening.

Kazakhstan 

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Monday evening.

Tajikistan

Deputy Prime Minister Sulaymon Ziyozoda offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday. 

Nepal

President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka

Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya offered her condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

Kyrgyzstan

Prime Minister Adilbek Kasymaliyev offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Wednesday.

Armenia

President Vahagn Khachaturyan offered his condolences at Lusail Palace on Tuesday.