About 170 foreign dignitaries from about 27 countries, regions and international organisations attended the four-day lying in state, said the State Funeral organising committee yesterday (March 28).
This included the King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk, former US President Bill Clinton and Vice President of the People's Republic of China Li Yuanchao, who attended the last day of the lying in state yesterday.
Many of the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s close friends, including Mr Henry Kissinger, Tun Daim Zainuddin, Mr Hau Pei-tsun, Mr Steven Green, Dr Pieter Winsemius and Mrs Aeyelts Averink-Winsemius also paid their respects to the late Mr Lee at Parliament House.
Some foreign dignitaries chose to pay their respects at the community tribute sites. For instance, Canadian Governor-General David Johnston paid respects at the Tampines Community Plaza where he was received by MPs Mah Bow Tan and Baey Yam Keng, while South African Minister for Public Works Thembelani Nxesi paid his respects at the Tanjong Pagar Community Centre.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong also received telephone calls from Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who both conveyed their condolences.
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