Mohammed bin Rashid receives Duke of Westminster

Dubai (WAM): Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Tuesday received Britain's Duke of Westminster. H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and H.H. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, were present. Sheikh Mohammed and the Duke had cordial discussions on cultural and tourist relations between the U.A.E. and UK in general and the cities of Dubai and Westminster in particular. The Duke congratulated Sheikh Mohammed on the U.A.E.'s winning the bid to host the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, saying that Dubai deserved the win, given its prominent international profile. He also praised the progress of the U.A.E. under its wise leadership, which, he said, had provided its people with all amenities of comfortable life and happiness, and had built cultural, economic and humanitarian bridges with other nations of the world. – Emirates News Agency, WAM – http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395271210147.html