February 11, 2021 at 12:51 pm | Published in: Middle East, News, UAE
UAE s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash in Jeddah on 17 July 2019. [AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images] February 11, 2021 at 12:51 pm
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has removed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, from his post in a cabinet reshuffle.
UAE Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said Sheikh Shakhbout Bin Nahyan will replace Gargash who has been appointed as an adviser to the UAE president.
Sheikh Mohammed added in a tweet that the small cabinet reshuffle also included removing Zaki Nusseibah from his position as Minister of State for Public and Cultural Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has been appointed cultural adviser to the president.
UAE s Gargash stands down as foreign affairs minister of state in reshuffle Reuters 2/10/2021
DUBAI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Anwar Gargash, the United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs who worked on a historic normalisation of relations with Israel last year, has been replaced and will take up a new position, the government said on Wednesday.
The move is part of a small cabinet reshuffle ordered by Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Sheikh Mohammed said on Twitter.
Zaki Nusseibah also stepped down from his position of minister of state for public and cultural diplomacy at the foreign ministry to become a cultural advisor to President Khalifa.
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Gargash, who has occupied the second most senior foreign affairs position since 2008, will become a diplomatic advisor to UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed
UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash has been replaced and will take up a new position, the government said on Wednesday.
Gargash had worked on a historic normalisation of relations with Israel last year. The move is part of a small cabinet reshuffle ordered by Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Sheikh Mohammed said on Twitter.
Zaki Nusseibah also stepped down from his position of minister of state for public and cultural diplomacy at the foreign ministry to become a cultural advisor to President Khalifa.