A very substantial element of the UAE political, military and tribal leadership was in Abu Dhabi to attend the UAE Armed Forces’s Hosn Al-Ittihad (Union Fortress) multi-service show (see also Defence and security). Most of those in attendance were noted to be close to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces deputy supreme commander Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MBZ), who was much in evidence during the Idex event.
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