He called for it to be lifted on November 3.

Mohammed bin Rashid: The UAE flag is a symbol of the state and unity for the past and coming 50 years

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, called on institutions and ministries to raise the state flag on the third of November at eleven in the morning, stressing that "the flag is a symbol of our sovereignty, unity and our eternal belonging to the UAE."

His Highness said in a tweet on Twitter yesterday: "Brothers and sisters, the UAE will celebrate its flag day in its fiftieth year on the third of next November. We will raise it to our ministries and institutions in a unified manner at eleven in the morning. The symbol of the state, sovereignty and unity of the past fifty will remain with us for the next fifty. To consolidate affiliation, loyalty and love for the soil of the Emirates.”

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