Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu observes a moment of silence as he stands next to a photographer of former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the start of a special cabinet meeting to mourn the death of Peres, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool via AP)
Republished September 29, 2016 - 11:32 AM
Original Publication Date September 28, 2016 - 12:35 AM
JERUSALEM - The following world figures have confirmed attendance at Shimon Peres' funeral in Jerusalem on Friday:
United States
— U.S President Barack Obama
— Former U.S. President Bill Clinton
— U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
Palestinian Authority
— Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
— Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat
— Palestinian intelligence chief Majid Faraj
—Cabinet minister Hussein Sheikh
—Palestinian adviser on Israeli affairs, Mohammed al-Madani
Canada
— Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
— Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
— Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien
— Canada's opposition interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose
Germany
— German President Joachim Gauck
United Kingdom
— British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
— Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair
— Britain's Prince Charles
France
— French President Francois Hollande
European Union
— European Council President Donald Tusk
Spain
Spanish King Felipe VI
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo
Netherlands
— Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Czech Republic
— Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka
Russia
— Speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, Valentina Matviyenko.
Italy
— Italian Premier Matteo Renzi
Cyprus
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades
Poland
— Poland's President Andrzej Duda
Romania
— President Klaus Iohannis
NATO
— NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
Sweden
— Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven
Finland
— Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila
Latvia
— Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis
Lithuania
— Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite
Estonia
— Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas
Norway
— Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende
Denmark
— Denmark's Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen
Japan
— Japanese lawmaker and former Defence Secretary Gen Nakatani
News from © The Associated Press, 2016