UAE | National Day

Embassy Network | 4th April 2017

Ambassador Almazroui gives his National Day address

The Ambassador of Lebanon Mrs Inaam Osseiran, Ambassador Almazroui and the Ambassador of Kuwait and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr Khaled Al Duwaisan

Emirati hospitality

Ambassador Almazroui, his wife Alia (left) and the Ambassador of Qatar Mr Yousef Ali Al-Khater

Alex Salmond MP (Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader for International Affairs and Europe) and Ambassador Almazroui

Hungarian Deputy Ambassador Dr Beáta Margitay-Becht, Hungarian Ambassador Mr Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky, the Ambassador of Bosnia Herzegovina Mr Branko Neskovic and Mrs Magdalena Neskovic among the splendour of the National Gallery

Ambassador Almazroui gives a warm welcome to the newly arrived Ambassador of Morocco Mr Abdesslame Aboudrar

Ambassador Almazroui and Mrs Alia Bastish welcome former Middle East Minister Alistair Burt MP

The Ambassador of Libya Mr Mahmud Nacua shakes hands with Ambassador Almazroui

Ambassador Almazroui and Mrs Alia Bastish welcome the Ambassador of Yemen Dr Yassin Saeed Noman Ahmed

The Ambassador of Tunisia Mr Nabil Ammar, Mrs Ludmila Aleinik and the Ambassador of Belarus Mr Sergei F Aleinik

The Ambassador of Algeria Mr Amar Abba congratulates Ambassador Almazroui

Ambassador Almazroui with the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia HRH Prince Mohammed Al-Saud

UAE Ambassador Mr Sulaiman Hamid Salem Almazroui welcomes the Ambassador of Uzbekistan Mr Alisher Kurmanov

Night at the Museum

For his first National Day in London, the recently arrived Ambassador of the UAE Mr Sulaiman Hamid Salem Almazroui chose the grand galleries of Britain’s National Gallery. The masterpieces made the perfect backdrop for the reception to celebrate the UAE’s 45th anniversary of unity, co-hosted by Dubai Culture, which was also intended as a curtain-raiser for the upcoming UK-UAE Year of Cultural Collaboration.

In his message, the Ambassador said the initiative aimed to boost cultural ties between the two nations and to “highlight the UAE as a society which attaches great attention to science and knowledge and which is rich in culture and arts”.

The Ambassador laid on a lavish Emirati feast, an example of the hospitality which is already a great cultural export of the UAE.

PHOTOS: PIERRE DE VILLIERS