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Qatar signs $12 billion deal to buy F-15 jets
from U.S.
Wed Jun 14, 2017 | 6:14pm EDT
Qatar's Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday
the country signed a deal to buy F-15 fighter jets from the United States for
$12 billion.
The deal was completed despite the Gulf
country being criticized recently by U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting
terrorism.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and
representatives from Qatar were set to meet Wednesday to seal the agreement, a
source familiar with the deal told Reuters. Bloomberg News reported the deal
was for 36 jets.
In November, the United States approved
possible sale of up to 72 F-15QA aircraft to Qatar for $21.1 billion. Boeing Co
is the prime contractor on the fighter jet sale to the Middle East nation.
Boeing declined to comment.
Trump on Friday accused Qatar of being a
"high-level" sponsor of terrorism, potentially hindering the U.S.
Department of State's efforts to ease heightening tensions and a blockade of
the Gulf nation by Arab states and others.
(Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru and
Mike Stone in Washington; Editing by Chris Sanders and Lisa Shumaker)
Source: reuters.com
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