Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor were the guest of honour at the 'bersanding' ceremony of Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and Ragad Waleed Al-Kurdi at Kompleks Dewan Undangan Negeri, Petra Jaya tonight.

NONEAlso present were the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Abang Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng and his wife Norkiah and other cabinet ministers.

Taib, 71, had wed Ragad Waleed, 31, from Syria on Dec 18.

Ragad Waleed, the daughter of Waleed and Khayam Al-Kurdi has two brothers and an elder sister.

The chief minister's wife was born in Damsyik but migrated to Riyadh at a young age while her father died in 2003.

- Bernama