# France’s decades-long Gulf ties built on ‘economic development, oil, defence agreements’

https://mins.news/en/video/108181

- France 24 English, 2026-10-20 15:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qawDFWKGhAo

> Former French ambassador to the UAE and Saudi Arabia François Gouyette discusses France’s long-standing ties with Gulf states. Against domestic unrest and escalating Middle East conflict, Emmanuel Macron’s Gulf diplomacy aims both to ease France’s energy pressures and reaffirm its strategic commitments.

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