Watch: UAE President shares rare 1975 photo with Macron

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UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nayhan shared a rare photograph of him accompanying his father Sheikh Zayed during his first presidential trip to Paris in 1975.

In a heartwarming video shared online, Sheikh Mohamed is seen showing Macron the photograph of him standing behind his father Sheikh Zayed as he French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing.

The video shared by Zaki Nusseibeh, the cultural adviser to the UAE President, shows Sheikh Mohamed, who was 14 at that time.

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