France and Libya sign arms deal

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Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Friday, 3 August 2007, 07:20 GMT 08:20 UK

France and Libya sign arms deal

Libya has signed contracts with France to buy anti-tank missiles
and radio communications equipment worth $405m (£199m), Libyan
officials have said.

The arms agreement is Libya's first with a Western country since
a European Union embargo was lifted in 2004.

France has confirmed the missile deal - the larger of the two.

Last month Libya agreed to release six Bulgarian medics convicted
of infecting children with HIV. France denies that the move was
linked to any arms deal.

Libyan officials, speaking to reporters anonymously, said Libya
was purchasing Milan anti-tank missiles worth $230m and radio
communications equipment worth $175m.

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