Sri Lanka says JF-17 still on the table

The Sunday Leader found out that the JF-17 is still under consideration by the Sri Lankan Air Force and that no agreement on the fighter was signed when Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was visiting the country.

Pakistan Air Force Chengdu JF-17 Gu
By Shimin Gu [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

“We have a requirement to improve our fleet and we are studying various options. The Air Force had never informed the Ministry of Defence that we would like to go for the JF-17, so there was never a final decision to purchase the jets when the Pakistan Prime Minister was in Sri Lanka,” Air Force spokesman, Group Captain Chandima Alwis was quoted as saying.

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