President Aidarous Qassem Al-Zubaidi, President of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) and Vice Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), sent a cable of congratulations to his brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Ben Zayed Al-Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their Excellencies and Highnesses, Rulers of the Emirates, and the brotherly UAE people on the national occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the UAE's Union Day and Commemoration Day (Emirati Martyr's Day).


The complete congratulatory cable is as follows:

In the Name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful.

To, 
HH Sheikh Mohammed Ben Zayed Al Nahyan, 
President of the United Arab Emirates, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces,

Their Highnesses and Excellencies, Rulers of the Emirates

It is an immense pleasure to express to your Highness the warmest congratulations and the best wishes, and through you to the brotherly Emirati people, on the national occasion of the 53rd glorious anniversary of the UAE's Union Day, celebrated on December 2nd, and the Commemoration Day (Emirati Martyr's Day), observed on November 30th.


Gentlemen, your Highnesses and Excellencies

While we wholeheartedly congratulate you on these two momentous occasions, we recall the deep fraternal ties with the UAE and its brotherly people. We express our profound gratitude for your unwavering support and solidarity with our people and pride in your genuine stances that will forever be etched in the hearts and minds of our people and future generations, inspiring meanings of true stances, magnanimity, chivalry, and nobility.

We would like to reiterate our sincere congratulations and best wishes on our own behalf and on behalf of our people. We pray to Allah to protect the UAE and its people and to grant you constant good health and happiness. May the Almighty guide the wise-led steps of your Highness to achieve further progress, prosperity, and development for the UAE and its noble people.