Defence Treaties (France) Debate

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Point of Order
Tuesday 2nd November 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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This is nothing to do with our intelligence relationship with the United States; this is about practical military co-operation with our biggest continental ally.

Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston Portrait Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab)
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Do the treaties specify in what language the two sovereign nations will communicate when they work together?

Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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An element of some of the coverage today has been to ask what the language of war will be. In the last few years, we have had commanders of the international security assistance force in Afghanistan from Turkey, Germany, Canada, France and Italy, as well as the UK and the US, and we had no linguistic problem.

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