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01 January 2008

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France: Planned UEA naval base. France plans to establish a permanent naval base in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2009 to counter the "growing threat from Iran" and to keep sea lanes open for oil tankers. The base will be set up in the commercial port of Abu Dhabi under a French-UAE defence pact, signed in 1995. The staff of 450 will almost entirely consist of personnel that at the moment is stationed at France´s base at Djibouti. The base will also serve as a key outpost for France´s foreign intelligence agency (Direction Generale de la Securité Exteroieure - DGSE). According to The Economist this development shows that "the French are ready to move outside their traditional sphere and to match their military presence to strategic interests rather than colonial links". Jane's Defence Weekly, 23.1.08 (JAC Lewis), The Economist, 17.1.08

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