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Kuwait and Italy to finally sign deal for Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets next week.
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World Defense & Security News - Kuwait & Italy
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Kuwait and Italy to finally sign deal for Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets next week
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The Kuwaiti Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah held talks with the Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti which tackled several issues including Kuwait's purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, Kuwait's official news agency Kuna announced yesterday, Feb. 11, 2016.
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 An artists' impression of a Typhoon with Kuwaiti insignia.(Credit: Eurofighter GmbH) |
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"Just earlier, I met my Italian colleague and she will visit Kuwait next week to complete the signing of this deal," the minister told the Kuwait News Agency and Kuwait TV.
The talks were held on Thursday on the sidelines of the meeting of the international coalition against the so-called Islamic State or Daesh at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. Italy is one of the four industrial partners on the Eurofighter program alongside UK, Spain and Germany. Kuwait signed a memorandum of understanding in September 2015 to buy 28 Eurofighter jets, the consortium that makes the aircraft said, in a deal worth up to €8 billion ($9 billion). Kuwait had agreed to buy 22 single-seat and six twin-seat Typhoons in an agreement with the Italian government, with Kuwait pilots trained by Italy. |
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