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2009-05-27 Arabia

Sarkozy, UAE Interior Minister open "Maritime Peace Camp" in Abu Dhabi

The camp is a French base spread over three sites in the UAE, including the maritime base in Abu Dhabi port, the air base which will host three French combat planes and a military training camp.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UAE Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, inaugurated on Tuesday the maritime peace camp at Abu Dhabi seaport.

The camp is a French base spread over three sites in the UAE, including the maritime base in Abu Dhabi port, the air base which will host three French combat planes and a military training camp.

Three airplanes? Is that enough to be useful? Not snark, I have no idea about such things.

Depends on the type, of course, but three patrol/intel airplanes could be very useful. You'd put one in the air on a daily basis.

Inauguration ceremony was attended by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, French Foreign Minister Dr Bernard Kouchner, Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, UAE ambassador to France Abdullah Nasser Al Amiri and French Ambassador to UAE Alain Azouaou.

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