Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, said: If the second of December is a glorious day in the history of the UAE, the region and the world, because it is the witness to the birth of the homeland of tolerance, humanitarian brotherhood, renaissance and peace, then July 18 is a glorious day of the blessed Emirates because it is the day of the “era of the union”, it is the day that paved the second of December and established for it. He added that today the witness to the blessed efforts he made with the sincerity and dedication of the late father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, as much as the effort, thought and work gave this country, and his brothers, the leaders of the Emirates, where the founding father and his brothers signed the rulers document and the UAE constitution,
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