American diplomacy notably asked Congress to approve the sale of Patriot air defense systems to Qatar for an amount of more than $4 billion.
Washington has approved a sale of the Patriot air defense system to Qatar, targeted by Iranian strikes during the conflict that began at the end of February, for an amount of more than $4 billion, the State Department announced on Friday, May 1. The United States also approved arms sales to Israel and its allies in the Middle East, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, detailed American diplomacy by asking Congress for approval of these sales, for a total amount of more than 8.6 billion dollars.
These authorizations given by Secretary of State Marco Rubio support “the foreign policy and national security objectives” of the United States, said the ministry, while the countries concerned were all the subject of strikes by Iran during the conflict triggered by Israel and the United States on February 28.
“An emergency”
In detail, the sale of Patriot systems to Qatar responds to “an emergency” intended to “improve the security of a friendly country” facing “current and future threats”. Kuwait, for its part, will receive integrated command systems worth $2.5 billion.
Israel, the Emirates and again Qatar will be able to purchase a high-precision guided weapons system (Advance Precision Kill Weapon System, APKWS), worth nearly a billion dollars respectively for Israel and Qatar, and 147 million for the Emirates.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
