Never one to let ethics get in the way of state business, French officials have inmersed themselves in talks with Saudi Arabia on behalf of one of their own companies.
You can bet the the French judicial authorities won´t be opening up an inquiry on corruption. Not if it is against national interests.
Nothing changes when it comes to the French state helping out their own companies, at any price.
This is despicable behaviour!
Onésimo Alvarez-Moro
See article:
French and Saudi officials are in talks over the sale of Rafale fighters, planemaker Dassault has admitted.
The links threaten a £6bn deal won by BAE Systems to sell 72 Eurofighter Typhoons to Saudi Arabia.
Speculation has grown that Saudi ire over a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) probe into alleged corruption might cause the huge Typhoon deal to collapse.
"Today there are still discussions over the Rafale," a Dassault spokesman told the BBC News Website.
He characterised the Franco-Saudi talks as "very, very slow" and stressed the official Dassault position that the matter was entirely in the hands of the respective governments.
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