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Sir Keir Starmer addresses troops at King Fahd Airbase in Taif, Saudi Arabia, saying his goal during the visit is to "ensure the ceasefire becomes permanent".
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00:00on my behalf as Prime Minister but also on their behalf to say thank you for everything that you
00:05do. It is an incredible partnership that you have here with the Royal Saudi Air Force, the RAF and BAE
00:12I think for the best part of 50 years operating here in a really joined up way which is so
00:19important to our defence and that's why it's a real pleasure and a privilege and an honour to
00:25be here to see what you do and to understand how you work together and never has that been more
00:33important than in recent weeks so thank you very much for that. We now as you'll have seen from the
00:39news have a ceasefire but there's a lot of work to do as you will appreciate a lot of work
00:46to make
00:46sure that that ceasefire becomes permanent and brings about the peace that we all want to see
00:53but also a lot of work to do in relation to the Strait of Hormuz which has an impact everywhere
00:58across the world so I'm here to work with Saudi Arabia and our other partners in the region.
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