Sarkozy opens naval base in UAE, France's first in gulf

[Naveed Yaseen]

ABU DHABI: President Nicolas Sarkozy formally opened France’s first military base in the Gulf on Tuesday and pushed ahead with talks to try to secure a lucrative fighter plane deal with the United Arab Emirates.

Sarkozy, on the second day of a visit to the UAE, also declared that France plans to submit proposals to world leaders at the G8 summit in July to try to end oil price volatility. France’s so-called “Peace Camp” in Abu Dhabi — the first since the end of the colonial era — was inaugurated at a ceremony attended by Sarkozy and the UAE deputy prime minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al-Nahayan as the French and UAE flags were hoisted.d. afp

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