CAIRO, Egypt – The following dignitaries were expected at Yasser Arafat's (search) funeral in Cairo on Friday, according to Palestinian and Egyptian planners and other officials:
Algeria: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Australia: Ambassador to Egypt Robert Newton
Austria: Vice Chancellor Hubert Gorbach
Bahrain: Deputy Prime Minister Sheik Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa
Bangladesh: President Iajuddin Ahmed
Belgium: Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht
Brazil: Jose Dirceu, the president's chief of staff
Canada: Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew
Cyprus: Foreign Minister George Iacovou
Czech Republic: Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda
Denmark: Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller
Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak (search)
European Commission: Research Commissioner Louis Michel
European Union: Foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
Finland: Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja
France: Foreign Minister Michel Barnier
Germany: Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer
Greece: Foreign Minister Petros Moliviatis
Hungary: Foreign Minister Ferenc Somogyi
India: External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh
Indonesia: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Iran: Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi
Iraq: Vice-President Rowsch Nouri Shaways
Ireland: Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern
Italy: Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Alfredo Mantica
Japan: Yoriko Kawaguchi, senior adviser to the prime minister
Jordan: King Abdullah II
Kuwait: Energy Minister, Sheik Ahmed Fahd Al Ahmed Al Sabah
Latvia: Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Andris Teikmanis
Lebanon: President Emile Lahoud
Libya: Ahmed Qazaf el-Dam, Egyptian-Libyan relations coordinator
Luxembourg: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn
Malaysia: Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Netherlands: Foreign Minister Ben Bot, who also will represent the European Union
Norway: Foreign Minister Jan Petersen
Oman: Foreign Minister Youssef bin Alawi
Pakistan: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz
Portugal: Foreign Minister Antonio Monteiro
Qatar: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheik Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani
Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince Abdullah
Slovenia: Foreign Minister Ivo Vajgl
Somalia: President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
South Africa: President Thabo Mbeki
Spain: Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos
Sudan: President Omar el-Bashir
Switzerland: Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey
Spain: Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos
Tunisia: President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Turkey: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Uganda: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Augustine Nshimye
United Kingdom: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
United Nations: special envoy to the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen
United States: Assistant Secretary of State William Burns
World Council of Churches: Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church.
Yemen: President Ali Abdullah Saleh