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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
LONDON, March 2 (Xinhua) — Britain, France and Germany said they were ready to take "necessary and proportionate defensive action" against Iran.
"We will take steps to protect our interests and those of our allies in the region," a joint statement released Sunday said. "This may include taking necessary and proportionate defensive measures to destroy Iran's ability to launch missiles and drones where they are deployed."
“We agreed to work with the United States and our allies in the region on this issue,” the document states.
Also on Sunday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain had accepted a US request to use British bases "for this specific and limited defensive purpose."
"Our partners in the Gulf have asked us to do more to protect them… British aircraft are in the air as part of coordinated defensive operations that have already successfully repelled Iranian attacks," Starmer said.
However, the only way to stop the threat is to destroy the missiles where they are stored, meaning “in the warehouses or in the launchers that were used for launching them,” he said.
Britain was not involved in the initial strikes on Iran and will not join any offensive action now, he added.
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