In July 1989, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Founding Father of the UAE, was warmly welcomed by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on an official state visit to the UK.
The four-day state visit ended with a 21-gun salute as a sign of the two countries’ special relationship.
During the visit, Sheikh Zayed pressed British officials to help find solutions to the Iraq-Iran negotiations that were happening at the time, as well as the restoration of Palestinian rights. Away from politics, he attended several state dinners, inspected military guards and laid a wreath at the tomb of The Unknown Warrior.
During a royal banquet held at Buckingham Palace, the queen praised Sheikh Zayed for creating a flourishing country.
“We admire the wise and experienced leadership you have given as president and the economic success of your country is there for all to see … it is not just to material things that you have devoted the country’s wealth, imagination and energy; but the foundations have been laid for what is now a comprehensive, modern educational system, preparing for the needs of the 21st century,” she said.
“We in Britain are proud of the part we have played in your country’s history and our citizens are no strangers to each other."
Sheikh Zayed thanked the queen for the UK’s friendship.
“The relations of friendship and co-operation prosper between our two countries and peoples in multiple fields. Those are privileged relations that thrived through many centuries of warm contacts. It gives me pleasure to register my deepest gratitude for and recognition of the valuable services and assistance rendered us by the United Kingdom over many years in various fields,” he said.
Exactly 20 years earlier, in 1969, Sheikh Zayed was the guest of honour for the Trooping the Colour ceremony, which has been held annually since 1748 and marks the reigning British monarch's official birthday.
Following the 1989 visit, there was not another official state visit to the UK until 2013, when Sheikh Zayed’s son, President Sheikh Khalifa, made the trip.
More than 50 years after the formation of the UAE, ministers from both countries regularly travel for meetings. Britain may now be just one of many to enjoy good relations with the UAE, but it is the only nation bonded by such a long and shared story.
The language of diplomacy in 1853
Treaty of Peace in Perpetuity Agreed Upon by the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast on Behalf of Themselves, Their Heirs and Successors Under the Mediation of the Resident of the Persian Gulf, 1853
(This treaty gave the region the name “Trucial States”.)
We, whose seals are hereunto affixed, Sheikh Sultan bin Suggar, Chief of Rassool-Kheimah, Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon, Chief of Aboo Dhebbee, Sheikh Saeed bin Buyte, Chief of Debay, Sheikh Hamid bin Rashed, Chief of Ejman, Sheikh Abdoola bin Rashed, Chief of Umm-ool-Keiweyn, having experienced for a series of years the benefits and advantages resulting from a maritime truce contracted amongst ourselves under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf and renewed from time to time up to the present period, and being fully impressed, therefore, with a sense of evil consequence formerly arising, from the prosecution of our feuds at sea, whereby our subjects and dependants were prevented from carrying on the pearl fishery in security, and were exposed to interruption and molestation when passing on their lawful occasions, accordingly, we, as aforesaid have determined, for ourselves, our heirs and successors, to conclude together a lasting and inviolable peace from this time forth in perpetuity.
Taken from Britain and Saudi Arabia, 1925-1939: the Imperial Oasis, by Clive Leatherdale
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Schedule:
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1st ODI, Wed Apr 10
2nd ODI, Fri Apr 12
3rd ODI, Sun Apr 14
4th ODI, Sun Apr 16
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Mohammed Naveed (captain), Rohan Mustafa, Ashfaq Ahmed, Shaiman Anwar, Mohammed Usman, CP Rizwan, Chirag Suri, Mohammed Boota, Ghulam Shabber, Sultan Ahmed, Imran Haider, Amir Hayat, Zahoor Khan, Qadeer Ahmed
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