Baghdad / Orr News
Air Force Command said, Wednesday, the contract for the purchase of 24 aircraft from the Republic of questioning did he do after he waiting to send a delegation to them for the purpose of negotiation. The commander of the Air Force Gen. Air Marshal Anwar Hama Amin "We are waiting to send a delegation to the Czech Republic to negotiate on a package of 24 aircraft supplied by the Iraqi air force for training purposes."
He added that "the contract until now has not been activated and the delegation will be sent for final negotiation of the process of activating the contract."
Iraq has signed this month signed a contract with Russia worth $ 4.2 billion to buy weapons including air defenses and a variety of weapons, some defensive. Iraq on contract for the purchase of 24 aircraft L159 from the Czech Republic, in addition to the four planes of the same model will be given to Iraq for free and will be delivered within seven months. The signing of armament contracts on the sidelines of a visit by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the head of the delegation of senior political and security to Russia and the Czech Republic.
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