[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 45 (Monday, November 8, 2004)]
[Page 2794]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Death of Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahayyan of the 
United Arab Emirates

November 4, 2004

    The United States mourns the passing of a great friend of our 
country, Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahayyan of the United Arab 
Emirates. Shaykh Zayid was the founder and President of the UAE for more 
than 30 years, a pioneer, an elder statesman, and a close ally. He and 
his fellow rulers of the seven Emirates built their federation into a 
prosperous, tolerant, and well-governed state. I offer my condolences 
and those of the American people to the family of Shaykh Zayid and to 
the Government and people of the United Arab Emirates on their great 
loss.