France 24 (with wires)
26 May 2009
At an opening ceremony attended by the visiting French president and UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al-Nahayan, the flags of France and the UAE were raised at the new military base.
Dubbed the “Peace Camp,” the base will host around 500 troops stationed on three sites on the banks of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It will include a navy base, an air base, and a training camp.