Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Since this is one of my first interventions on this committee, I would like to take the opportunity to agree with everything my colleagues have said, General, about the professionalism and the courage of our troops. We are very proud of them. I have said that many times, but I did not want to miss the opportunity to repeat it.
But as a rookie on this committee, I am also very puzzled by what I have heard. If our relationship with the UAE, as the government side has said, is excellent, what would it be if it were not excellent? I cannot believe anyone here would find it trivial the fact that we have this expulsion from Camp Mirage a few months before the end of our mission. If a friend did that to us, reasons must exist for it.
Minister, these reasons must be important ones. You said that you met with the ambassadors when it was important. If this situation is not important, one wonders what is.