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UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has called missiles producer MBDA, known for controversial arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Libya's Gaddafi government, a "role model" of cooperation, while unveiling multimillion deals between the firm and the UK government.
Addressing MBDA's staffers in Stevenage on Friday, Michael Fallon praised it for building "a great reputation" supplying British armed forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, thanking the company for "sterling service."
Speaking about the effect which Brexit may have on the UK's position in the world,
Fallon assured that it is "going to become an even more global country, reaching out to our friends and allies across the world," citing extensive cooperation between multinational MBDA, which has offices in UK, France, Italy, Germany and US, as an example.
"You are a role model here for the kind of partnerships we'll be seeking in the future: for our defense, for our manufacturing, and for our country," he said, as cited by the Independent.
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