Determination and persistence contribute to creating the future and transforming the impossible into the impossible. Coupled with scientific and practical capabilities, and a will and determination of steel, which has been clearly observed since His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, took over the files of Greater Dubai, when he assumed the crown prince in Dubai in 1995, as well as the ambition stated by His Highness in the first meetings of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which some saw as impossible, and he achieved it with unrelenting determination, transforming Dubai from desert expanses in 1995. 1980 to become a global center receiving millions of tourists. His Highness led this renaissance through pioneering strategies that transformed the region into a premier tourist and commercial destination. His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, said: “We learned from Mohammed bin Rashid that the future is not waited for, but rather created.”
The most prominent engines that transformed dreams into strategic plans have turned, through record speeds, into reality, such as the aviation industry, where we lead the development of the aviation industry globally, and direct the path of development from Dubai International Airport, Al Maktoum International Airport, and Zayed International Airport, through “Emirates Airlines” and the “Strata” factory. Let us not forget the significant impact of organizing major events in accelerating this transformation. The trend to adopt the latest technologies comes to enhance the country’s position as a global platform for innovation and a capital for finance and business. From the “Dubai Loop” to the “flying taxi,” and other technologies, some of them thought they belonged to science fiction films, to become today one of the landmarks of Dubai and the Emirates, and this is the tip of the iceberg that has made the skylines of Dubai and the Emirates part of the landmarks of science fiction films for the cities of the future. Let us not forget the importance of planning for crises and disasters, and preparing for the future, both good and bad. And securing supply chains, including food security and medicine, which has been proven, whether during the “Covid-19” pandemic, or the exceptional circumstances that accompanied the Iranian terrorist attacks. National gains require the presence of a force to protect them, coupled with the imposition of strict deterrent and harmful punishment to the aggressor, to deter him from repeating his aggression or persisting in treachery and transgression.
May God protect the UAE, a beacon of cultural radiance for all of humanity, its leadership and its people, loyal citizens and residents, and keep its flag flying.
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