VOL. XXXVIIINO. 928-NOVEMBER-1994

Saudi Arabia

Saudis Purchase Two French Warships For $3.6Bn

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Defense, Prince Sultan ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, and hisFrench counterpart, Mr. Francois Leotard, signed in Casablanca on 22 November aFF19bn ($3.6bn) contract for the sale of two warships. The contract, which forthe French will provide 45mn work hours for 5,000 workers in its defenseindustry, is named Sawari II. Sawari I was a 1980 contract which involved thesale of four small...