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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - August 16, 2023: HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (9th R), stands for a photograph, during a diplomatic credential presentation ceremony for newly appointed foreign ambassadors, at Qasr Al Watan. Seen with HE John Mirenge, Ambassador of Rwanda to the UAE (R), HE Arthur Mattli, Ambassador of Switzerland to the UAE (2nd R), HE Luis Miguel Merlano Hoyos, Ambassador of Colombia to the UAE (3rd R), HE Gerard Steeghs, Ambassador of Netherlands to the UAE (4th R), HE Julio Maiato, Ambassador of Angola to the UAE (5th R), HE Amor Fritah, Ambassador of Algeria to the UAE (6th R), HE Oumer Hussien Oba, Ambassador of Ethiopia to the UAE (7th R), HE Jamal Mohammad Issa, Ambassador of Kuwait to the UAE (8th R), HE Ahmad Fadil Bin Haji Shamsuddin, Ambassador of Malaysia to the UAE (10th R), HE Christophe Zakhia El Kassis, Ambassador of The Holy See to the UAE (11th R), HE Edward Hobart, Ambassador of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland to the UAE (12th R), HE Rebeca Sharona Perez Cervantes, Ambassador of Panama to the UAE (13th R), HE Reza Ameri, , Ambassador of Iran to the UAE (14th R), HE Kedallah Younous Hamidi Elhadj Mamadi, Ambassador of Chad to the UAE (15th R), HE Yacoub Hassan Mohamed, Ambassador of Tanzania to the UAE (16th R) and HE Bojan Dokic, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UAE (L). ( Abdulla Al Neyadi / UAE Presidential Court ) ---Sheikh Mohamed receives credentials of foreign envoys
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