Iraq Receives Korean aircraft in 2016 and the end value of the contract exceeds two billion dollars

Iraq Receives Korean aircraft in 2016 and the end value of the contract exceeds two billion dollars

Thursday, 12  December 2013 13:48

Iraq Receives Korean aircraft in 2016 and the end value of the contract exceeds two billion dollars[Follow-up – where]

A source military in South Korea said that “Iraq will receive [24] attack aircraft lightweight model [FA-50] in the month of October 2016 and the volume of exports, including aircraft, pilot training and logistical support, etc., $ 2.1 billion, registering a record high in Korea’s export of aircraft. ”

He said the “South Korea and Iraq agreed to export [24] attack aircraft, light and train pilots and other $ 1.1 billion, and also agreed to sign for the package of additional soon a billion dollars for logistical support during the next 25 years.”

He had declared the office of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday the signing of a contract with South Korea to buy 24 aircraft for the benefit of modern Korean air force Iraqi military.

A statement by the Prime Minister’s Office received [where] a copy of it, “he was in the presence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Minister of Military Industries in the Republic of South Korea’s Lee Yong-Gul, was in Baghdad today to sign a contract for the purchase of military aircraft modern in favor of Air Force military.”

Maliki said, according to the statement after the signing of the agreement in his official office “in this day and we have signed a contract to buy 24 aircraft [T-50IQ] Korean for the purposes of training and military actions medium, and negotiations ended with the selection of the Iraqi air force after a thorough study of this type of aircraft to its compatibility with the requirements of work, and this is the beginning of the deal to raise the performance of the defense and interior ministries in the defense of the country and the fight against terrorism, so we have come a long way on the road to complete our air and we will go in this direction to protect Iraq against any aggression. “ended.

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