UAE agrees to buy French warplanes as Macron visits Gulf

Published December 3, 2021 4:31 AM

By BARBARA SURK
Associated Press

NICE, France (AP) — France says the United Arab Emirates has purchased 80 French-made Rafale warplanes for 16 billion euros. There was no immediate confirmation of the deal from Emirati officials. The French Defense Ministry described the deal as France’s largest-ever weapons contract for export. French President Emmanuel Macron is in the Emirates on the first stop of his two-day visit to the Gulf. The two-day visit starting Friday to the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia comes a month before France assumes the rotating European Union presidency. The red carpet treatment Macron can expect from Gulf political heavyweights would present France as the EU powerhouse in the region.

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