(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
ABU DHABI, 1st November, 2018 (WAM) -- H.H. Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, today witnessed, at 11:00, the raising of the country's flag on the mast of the building of the Minister of Interior, which coincided with similar ceremonies at the buildings of the ministry's departments and sectors, as well as those of the general commands of the police, on the occasion of the UAE's celebration of "Flag Day."
The celebration began, while it was raised by Sheikh Saif, with a salute to the flag, the symbol of the nation's advancement, unity, pride and belonging. The police band then played the national anthem.
The celebration witnessed the participation of several senior officers, students of the police academy, female police officers and civilians, as well as personnel of the special security forces, civil defence, the "federal police 71," a group of school students and the police band.
The celebration was attended by Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Shafar, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Interior; Staff Major General Khalifa Hareb Al Khaili, Chairman of the Institutional Development Board; Major General Dr. Ahmed Naser Al Raisi, General Inspector of the Ministry; Major General Jassem Mohammed Al Marzouqi, General Commander of Civil Defence at the Ministry of Interior; Major General Mohammed bin Al Awadhi Al Menhali; Major General Abdulaziz Maktoum Al Sharifi, Director-General of Preventive Security at the Ministry; Brigadier Mohammed Humaid bin Dalmouj Al Dhaheri, Secretary-General of the Minister of Interior's Office, as well as general managers, department directors, and several officers, non-commissioned officers, civilians and female staff of the ministry.
WAM/Hazem Hussein/Hassan Bashir
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