00:00Mr Speaker, whilst in the Gulf, I met leaders and senior military representatives across
00:06the region, including the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the President of the UAE, the
00:12King and Crown Prince of Bahrain, the Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar, and in recent
00:18days I have also spoken to the Sultan of Oman and the Emir of Kuwait.
00:22Across all of these conversations, I agreed to deepen our engagement on both defence
00:30and economic resilience, because, Mr Speaker, they all made it abundantly clear that the
00:37solidarity and strength of our partnership with them has been a comfort in these challenging
00:43times.
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