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

Russia

� Speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, Valentina Matviyenko.

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 Defense Secretary Gen Nakatani

(AP)