Saudi Arabia: European Fighter Aircraft
(asked on 29th April 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he signed the memorandum of intent with Saudi Arabia for 48 Typhoon aircraft in March 2018; and what the name was of the Saudi counter-party to that memorandum.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 2nd May 2019
On 9 March 2018, my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Defence (Gavin Williamson) and the Crown Prince and Saudi Arabian Minister of Defence, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, signed the memorandum of intent for the supply 48 Typhoon aircraft to Saudi Arabia.