British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to step up the nation’s engagement within the Center East to assist long-term stability, the federal government stated on Monday.
“The soundness of the Center East is paramount to delivering a basis of safety at residence,” the assertion cited Starmer as having stated throughout his first go to to the area since taking workplace in July.
“The Prime Minister stated the UK will play a extra current and constant function within the area, and work with companions to extend defence cooperation to strengthen deterrence of threats throughout land, sea, area, air and cyber.”
Starmer additionally set out an extra 11 million kilos ($14.07 million) of humanitarian support for Syria, the place insurgent forces have seized the capital of Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad has fled to Russia.
Starmer has additionally agreed to bolster the prevailing defence partnership between Britain and Saudi Arabia and promote higher defence industrial cooperation.
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