France waiting for Qatar to make down payment for 24 Rafales

It has been six months since Qatar signed the contract for 24 Rafale fighters, yet the Gulf State has yet to make the necessary down payment in order for Dassault to execute the contract.

Dassault Rafale B Suisse
By Hermann Keist (Deutsch: selbst fotografiert) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The issue will likely be brought up when Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani visits Paris next week.

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