Last Updated: Tuesday, 15 January 2008
French make serious move into Gulf http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7189481.stm
By Paul Reynolds World affairs correspondent, BBC News website
President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone beyond France's traditional policy of selling arms to Gulf states by signing a deal with Abu Dhabi for a permanent French naval base. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7189481.stm