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After Egypt and India, the United Arab Emirates soon? Came to Riyadh to meet the new king of Saudi Arabia, Laurent Fabius advantage of his visit to the capital to discuss with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan, a possible control by the Rafale Arab Emirates States.
“There is a saying in France that says come in threes. I strongly believe in the proverb “, said the foreign minister, visibly delighted, after his meeting with Sheikh, which took place aboard a Boeing 777 UAE, placed on the tarmac of the airport in Riyadh. “I hope we will soon have good news and we are working” , added Mr Fabius. “It is not this evil” , confirmed a close to the negotiations, in which the discussions could accelerate in the coming months.
Evoked there are already several years the proposed purchase of 60 Rafale by UAE yet seemed stalled. The recent sale of 24 copies of the fighter jet manufactured by Dassault for Egypt, which occurred in February, and 36 other devices to India, announced on April 10, could have revived the interest of the Gulf emirates, engaged in a war with Yemen in a Sunni coalition and facing a rising regional threats
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