Kuwait to sign $9bn Eurofighter deal with Italy
KUWAIT, February 12, 2016
Kuwait will sign a deal next week to buy Eurofighter jets, Kuwait's state news agency KUNA said on Thursday, citing the defence minister.
Kuwait signed a memorandum of understanding in September to buy 28 Eurofighter jets, the consortium that makes the aircraft said, in a deal worth up to €8 billion ($9 billion).
Italy's defence minister will be in Kuwait next week to finalise the deal, KUNA said, citing Kuwait's Defence Minister Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah. - Reuters
