Brother succeeds Sheikh Mohd as new UAE President
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New Delhi, May 14
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was appointed President of the United Arab Emirates by the country’s seven sheikhdoms which met on Saturday.
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Known as MbZ, the 61-year-old is credited with several foreign policy interventions that made the UAE a key regional player. He was also instrumental in forging a closer UAE-India relationship that led to a free trade agreement recently.
Earlier, MbZ was sympathetic to India’s concerns about the UAE becoming
the hub of money laundering and extradited several criminals wanted
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by India.
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