Prince
Khaled bin Sultan, Saudi deputy minister of defense and
aviation, will meet King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday and Tuesday this
week according to official sources.
Spain's leading El Pais daily last week said the Saudi
minister may conclude the purchase of 200 to 270 Leopard
2E tanks for up to three billion euros (4.1 billion dollars).
Spanish officials have not confirmed the report.
"There
is still no contract. There is the possibility of an acquisition
of combat tanks," said Raul Alvarez, spokesman for
the defense sector of the major union Comisiones Obreras.
Alvarez
said the contract could involve about 200 tanks.
