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Empresas y finanzas

France, Qatar sign 4.6 billion pounds Rafale warplane, missile deal


    DOHA (Reuters) - French and Qatar signed on Monday a 6.3 billion euro (4.6 billion pounds) agreement for the sale of 24 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets.

    The contract - the third this year for Dassault AVMD.PA after deals to sell Rafale jets to Egypt and India - also includes MBDA missiles, and the training of 36 Qatari pilots and 100 technicians by the French army, a French Defence Ministry official has said.

    The agreement was signed during a visit to the Gulf Arab state by French President Francois Hollande.

    (Reporting by John Irish, Editing by William Maclean)