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ARMY LETTER. The Emiratis are difficult and demanding customers, particularly tough in negotiations. Deciphering a successful sale.
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By Jean Guisnel
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JOle at the end of the year for the flagship of the French military aviation industry. The sale of 80 Rafale to the United Arab Emirates for €14 billion by Dassault Aviation and its Economic Interest Grouping (EIG) Rafale partners (Safran and Thales) took place in ideal economic circumstances. According to official sources distilling a secret communication monitored by the Élysée, the Emiratis have not requested any of the gestures most commonly associated with arms sales: neither bank credit nor full or partial indemnification of the contract through local purchases from France or the manufacturers involved, or buyout the existing fleet of around sixty Mirage-2000s sold in the 1990s.
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