ranking officials, congratulating him on the holy month of Ramadan and the success of the medical surgery he has recently undergone in a U.S. hospital. They were from King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain; King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan; President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen; Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait; Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar; Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah, Heir Apparent of Kuwait; Saad Al-Hariri, Prime Minister of Lebanon; Sheikh Mohammed bin Zaid Al Nahyan, Heir Apparent of Abu-Dhabi and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the United Arab Emirates (UAE); Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait; Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaid Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE; Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar; Prince Rasheed bin Al-Hasan II of Morocco, who were reassured of Prince Salman's health. For his part, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz thanked them for their noble feelings, wishing them good health and happiness and their peoples steady progress and prosperity.
