London, April 3 -- UK PM Keir Starmer held a call with the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- Mubarak Al-Sabah on Friday to discuss the deployment of UK's Rapid Sentry air defence systems to the country.
Downing Street said that the prime minister condemned the "reckless" overnight drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil refinery and the two agreed to work together on try to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
A Downing Street spokesperson said Starmer "reiterated that the UK stands with Kuwait and all our allies in the Gulf".
The air defences "will protect Kuwaiti and British personnel and interests in the region, while avoiding escalation into wider conflict", they added.
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