The European Union celebrates “Europe Day” in the UAE

The European Union celebrates “Europe Day” in the UAE

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Commemorating the 73rd ‘Europe Day’, the European Union Delegation to the United Arab Emirates hosted a diplomatic reception on May 9th in Abu Dhabi to celebrate the occasion with UAE partners, government officials, key figures and members of the diplomatic community and international organisations.

Held at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel, the event was attended by Her Excellency Ayesha Bin Suwaidan, Director of European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, His Excellency Andrea Matteo Fontana, EU Ambassador to the UAE, and Ambassadors of EU member states and other countries.

Every year on May 9, the European Union marks the occasion of ‘Europe Day’, as a day to celebrate the values of peace and unity, and to commemorate the historic 1950 Shuman Declaration, which paved the way for the creation of the European Union we know today.

His Excellency Andrea Matteo Fontana, EU Ambassador to the UAE commended on the longstanding relations and exchanges between the EU and UAE:

“When the late Sheikh Zayed, the Founding Father of the UAE, visited Europe in the 1950s, the European Union as we know it today did not even exist. But, the idea of bringing nations and people