French diplomacy underpins growing Gulf defence ties
Updated: May 4, 2015
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- Arms deals at stake
- Aircraft
- Air and maritime defences
- Surveillance
- Aligning diplomacy with trade
- Iran
- Syria
- Limits to rapprochement
- Military capabilities
- Arab politics
- Diverging from Western policy?
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_350.jpg "Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud speaks with French President Francois Hollande (Reuters/Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool)")