(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Wednesday
named Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the country's vice
president and appointed Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al
Nahyan as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, trend reports citing
al
arabiya .
Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan was also named as the
Minister of Presidential Court and was appointed alongside current
Vice President Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who is also the
Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, according to the Emirates News
Agency (WAM).
Sheikh Mohamed appointed Sheikh Khaled as the Crown Prince of
Abu Dhabi, Hazza bin Zayed and Tahnoun bin Zayed as deputy rulers
of Abu Dhabi, WAM said in later statements.
Sheikh Khaled, 41, the new crown prince, has risen to prominence
at the country's state security service and as chairman of the
powerful Abu Dhabi Executive Office.
The United Arab Emirates, a close US ally, is best known as the
home of Dubai, a major international hub for business and
travel.
During Sheikh Mohamed's rule, the UAE cultivated close ties with
neighboring Saudi Arabia, initially joining in the war against
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants before largely exiting the
conflict years later. The UAE has sought to project military power
across the region as it has opposed the rise of Islamist
groups.
In 2020, the UAE normalized relations with Israel in the first
of the so-called Abraham Accords, followed by Bahrain, Morocco and
Sudan. The UAE and other Gulf Arab nations had quietly maintained
ties with Israel for years before then, drawn together by mutual
suspicions of Iran.
The UAE hosts some 3,500 US troops, many at Abu Dhabi's
Al-Dhafra Air Base, from where drones and fighter jets flew
missions combating ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Dubai is the US Navy's
busiest port of call abroad.
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