Could UK Be Pulled Into Iran Conflict?

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00:00And the UK Foreign Secretary today, David Lammy, is meeting his US counterpart, Marco Rubio.

00:06Amid speculation, US involvement could require the use of UK controlled bases in the Chagos

00:14Islands. Could the UK possibly be dragged into this conflict indirectly?

00:19Well, I think the agenda is not just whether the UK would facilitate possible US military

00:28operations. It's also important for the UK to coordinate with the US if any diplomatic

00:37initiative is to have a chance. Because ultimately, the UK or even European partners, if they do sit

00:43down with the Iranians, they can hear what the Iranians are prepared to do. But ultimately,

00:52they have to feed that back to the US. So I think that yes, the UK has to talk about what the

00:59options are for and what they're prepared to do in terms of facilitating US operations. But I think

01:05they would be far happier getting out the message and that they also want to coordinate diplomatically

01:10with the US.