UAE President confers First-Class Order of Zayed II on US Ambassador
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented the order to the ambassador during a reception in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
Sheikh Mohamed expressed his best wishes to the ambassador and praised her prominent role in strengthening the strategic relations between the UAE and the United States.
For her part, Martina Strong expressed her deep appreciation and thanks to His Highness the President of the UAE, for this honour, emphasizing the depth of the strategic relations between the two countries.
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