Abu Dhabi: A mass wedding reception for 190 Emirati couples was held yesterday in Abu Dhabi under the patronage President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The mass wedding reception was held on the occasion of the wedding of Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the daughter of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed, and Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the emirates attended the wedding reception held at Al Mushrif Palace.

The rulers present were Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi of Sharjah, Shaikh Hamad Bin Mohammad Al Sharqi of Fujairah, Shaikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi of Ajman, Shaikh Saud Bin Rashid Al Mualla of Umm Al Quwain and Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah.

Also present were Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Crown Princes of different emirates, Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and other Shaikhs, ministers, senior officials and members of the diplomatic corps residing in the UAE.

The Shaikhs congratulated the couples and wished them a happy life.