Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, has congratulated the UAE's leadership and people, as well as the Arab and Islamic nations, on the occasion of the new Hijri year 1448, invoking the great values upon which the nation was founded.

In a post marking the occasion, His Highness said: "We congratulate the UAE's leadership and people, and the Arab and Islamic nations, on the occasion of the new Hijri year, and we celebrate the beginning of a new year under the great values upon which our nation was built. May God make it a year full of giving, blessing, and goodness for the whole world, and may you all be well."