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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

UAE, UK seek to boost defence cooperation

[Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan - Philip Hammond]UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said his country supports the UAE against any threat by Iran.

"One of the things we are doing is looking at a series of options for increasing support for the UAE if direct threats emerged and there are discussions going on around the options for reinforcing our support to the UAE and coordinating with our American and French allies to do that."

Talking to media in Abu Dhabi on Monday, Hammond stressed the need for Tehran to desist from its pursuit of nuclear weapons.

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