WorldFrance’s decades-long ties with Gulf states built on economic development, oil and defence agreements
Former French ambassador to the UAE and Saudi Arabia François Gouyette says Emmanuel Macron’s Gulf diplomacy aims both to ease France’s energy pressures and reaffirm long-standing defence partnerships with Gulf monarchies. He describes French military assistance as strategic solidarity, not direct participation in the war with Iran.
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France’s decades-long ties with Gulf states built on economic development, oil and defence agreements
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