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The Gulf states do have, or certainly some of them now,

do have approvals for restocking and defence needs.

They say the US has been very supportive

and the GCC, perhaps with the exception of Oman,

is closely aligned.

Just talk to us about how this level of coordination

and preparedness suggests, what it suggests

about the direction of this conflict

and where it's headed.

Well, Iran is almost today public enemy number one

to all of the six GCC states.

Public enemy number one, Iran, is to all of us.

Not just to UAE, which got the brunt of all these attacks

over the past three weeks.

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, et cetera.

Even Oman has got attacked by Iran.

By Iran in the past three, almost four weeks now.

So I think we are in together.

However, maybe there is some kind of division of labour.

There is some kind of, you know,

differences here over how do we deal

with this public enemy number one.

Maybe Oman has its own way, so be it.

That's a diplomatic way of dealing with this.

But I think we are all in this together,

that this is the time where we need to face up

to this public enemy number one, Iran, together.

And I think we will use every means possible

to be part of an international coalition today

to open this international waterway, Hormuz.

And from there, let's see how things unfold.