Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed honours Trump with UAE's highest decoration ‘Order of Zayed’

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan honoured US President Donald Trump with the UAE's highest decoration ‘Order of Zayed’ in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.

Photographs released by news agencies showed Trump receiving the Order of Zayed, the UAE’s highest civil decoration named after the first president of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, from his counterpart Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed at Qasr Al-Watan in Abu Dhabi.

The UAE is the third leg of Trump's visit to the region, which has already taken him to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

The "Order of Zayed" is awarded in recognition of their efforts to strengthen friendship and bilateral cooperation between the UAE and their respective countries at all levels.

The "Order of Zayed," awarded to head of states by order of the President of the UAE, is designed in the form of a necklace with a pendant in the center emblazoned with the name "Zayed," the founder of the United Arab Emirates.

The medal is crafted from pure gold and studded with precious stones. It consists of a ring engraved with the UAE flag, a ring engraved with the country's official emblem, and 14 rings engraved with the country's most important historical landmarks.

The medal bears the name of an immortal global humanitarian figure, the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

He is respected and loved by the peoples of the world for his legacy of values ​​that strengthened bridges of friendship, cooperation, and peace with various countries.

A number of sister and friendly countries have received the medal.