Foreign secretary says Red Sea military action ‘completely separate’ from Israel-Hamas war
Military action against the Houthi rebels is "completely separate from the Israel-Gaza conflict", says Foreign Secretary David Cameron. Source: Sky News
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00:00 The leader of our NATO ally, Turkey, says that the action is disproportionate.
00:05 Now, what are you going to do if you want to take further action and the Turks say no, no, no?
00:11 Well, we don't agree with what President Erdogan has said.
00:14 If you look at the action we've taken, it's actually backed by a very wide coalition of countries.
00:18 They're obviously...
00:19 But he's our ally.
00:20 Yes, of course. He's an important NATO ally.
00:23 But in this case, we don't agree.
00:25 We see this as completely separate from the Israel-Gaza conflict.
00:29 I mean, what is happening in the Red Sea?
00:31 26 attacks.
00:32 And of course, they were getting more severe.
00:34 I mean, one of the final attacks, which was involving HMS Diamond, our own destroyer,
00:40 there were over 20 drones and missiles attacking that ship.
00:44 And so, you know, it's unacceptable.
00:46 We have to act.
00:47 There's a very large number of allies that agree with that.
00:50 And of course, it's not just Britain and America in the military chain, as it were.
00:54 There's also the Dutch, the Canadians, the Australians and others,
00:57 the Bahrainis in that chain.