21 foreign delegations to lay wreaths at funeral

13 January 2014, 1:15 pm

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The list of wreath-layers at Sharon’s funeral, according to the Israeli government, in the order they will lay the wreaths:

Mr. Joseph Biden, The Vice President of the United States of America

Mr. Tony Blair, Special Envoy to the Middle East (and Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), accompanied by Mr. Hugh Robertson, Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom

Mr. Jiří Rusnok, The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Ms. Julie Bishop, The Foreign Minister of Australia

Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, The Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany

Mr. Liviu Dragnea, The Vice Prime Minister of Romania

Mr. Gerald Klug, The Minister for National Defense and Sport of the Republic of Austria

Mr. Fotis Fotiou, The Defense Minister of the Republic of Cyprus

Mr. Dimitris Avrampolous, Greek Minister of Defense

Mr. Tomasz Siemoniak, The Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Poland

Mr. Chris Alexander, The Citizenship and Immigration Minister of Canada

Mr. Wim Kok, Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, also representing the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Mr. Armand De Decker, The Second Vice President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Belgium

Mr. Masagos Zulkifli, The Second Foreign Minister of the Republic of Singapore

Mr. Angel Velitchkov, The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

Ms. Hélène Conway-Mouret, Minister Delegate for French Nationals Abroad of the Foreign Ministry of the French Republic

Ms. Marta Dassù, The Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy

Dr. János Fónagy, Parliamentary State Secretary for National Development of Hungary

Mr. Samuel Schmid, Former President of Switzerland

Mr. Wang Changyi, Former Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Israel and previously Assistant to the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China

Ambassador Wegger Strommen, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Norway