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Did Pakistan retaliate against France?
There are rumors and media reports that Pakistan has retaliated against France for delaying the signing of the parts for the JF-17 thunders. A couple of weeks ago France under pressure from Bharat delayed or canceled the transfer of parts for the Pakistani redesigned JF-17 Thunders.
The Pakistan government has delayed an energy deal, due to be signed on April 15, with French company GDF Suez. The Pakistani Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources in February awarded a contract worth up to US$25 billion to GDF Suez to import 3.75 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for up to 20 years. The LNG from Qatar was to be imported at a price of $1.8 billion in the first six years.
The French leader President Sarkozy is scheduled to visit Pakistan to sort out the matter of the further sales of the Augusta Submarines. The Pakistan Navy wanted to buy the 214 German Subs. However a tangled web of mystery ended up with Pakistan seeking the French subs.
Now that deal may also be in jeopardy. Unless President Sarkozy plans a quid pro quo, both the Submarine and gas contracts will go to German and Chinese companies.
Nice! Nest pas?
There is a disjunction between private and public French posturing. Islamabad is used to French double-dealing, duplicity, and equivocation. In the 80s France backed out a Nuclear Reprocessing plant deal with Pakistanunder US pressure. Pakistanis totally get it. They know French polysyllabic profundity to the core. This last sleight-of-hand scurvy trick is typical of Frances subterfuge and deceitful fakement. The French turpitude on putting a $1.6 billion deal for Pakistan on hold was seen for what it was silly surreptitious trickery by Sarkozy and gang to secure the lucrative Bharati (aka Indian) deal first and put then pressure on Pakistan to force Islamabad to buy the Scorpians/Augustas rather than the German 214 Submarines.
Now Pakistan has raised the stakes.
If Mr. Sarkozy wants to lose the $20 billion Suez deal, he can continue to pander to Delhi.
In 2008 Pakistan Navy under chief of naval staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir made efforts for including German 214 Class submarines in its fleet and owing to Navys persistent efforts, the government had approved plans for acquisition of these submarines to be built at Karachi Shipyard under transfer of technology programme.
The details were later worked out between the two countries when a Pakistan Navy delegation visited Germany in April.
However recently quoting Pakistani government sources, the Financial Times Deutschland says President Asif Zardari may overrule his militarys preference for the German subs to take up a better offer from France.
If Mr. Sarkozy does not play ball and ships the JF-17 Thunder parts tout de suite, France will lose a major deal with Pakistan.
Want to play hard Ball? Bein Sur!
How about them apples Sarkozy? Vour comprenez?
GDF Suez: Did Pakistan retaliate against France? Bien Sur Rupee News
There are rumors and media reports that Pakistan has retaliated against France for delaying the signing of the parts for the JF-17 thunders. A couple of weeks ago France under pressure from Bharat delayed or canceled the transfer of parts for the Pakistani redesigned JF-17 Thunders.
The Pakistan government has delayed an energy deal, due to be signed on April 15, with French company GDF Suez. The Pakistani Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources in February awarded a contract worth up to US$25 billion to GDF Suez to import 3.75 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for up to 20 years. The LNG from Qatar was to be imported at a price of $1.8 billion in the first six years.
The French leader President Sarkozy is scheduled to visit Pakistan to sort out the matter of the further sales of the Augusta Submarines. The Pakistan Navy wanted to buy the 214 German Subs. However a tangled web of mystery ended up with Pakistan seeking the French subs.
Now that deal may also be in jeopardy. Unless President Sarkozy plans a quid pro quo, both the Submarine and gas contracts will go to German and Chinese companies.
Nice! Nest pas?
There is a disjunction between private and public French posturing. Islamabad is used to French double-dealing, duplicity, and equivocation. In the 80s France backed out a Nuclear Reprocessing plant deal with Pakistanunder US pressure. Pakistanis totally get it. They know French polysyllabic profundity to the core. This last sleight-of-hand scurvy trick is typical of Frances subterfuge and deceitful fakement. The French turpitude on putting a $1.6 billion deal for Pakistan on hold was seen for what it was silly surreptitious trickery by Sarkozy and gang to secure the lucrative Bharati (aka Indian) deal first and put then pressure on Pakistan to force Islamabad to buy the Scorpians/Augustas rather than the German 214 Submarines.
Now Pakistan has raised the stakes.
If Mr. Sarkozy wants to lose the $20 billion Suez deal, he can continue to pander to Delhi.
In 2008 Pakistan Navy under chief of naval staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir made efforts for including German 214 Class submarines in its fleet and owing to Navys persistent efforts, the government had approved plans for acquisition of these submarines to be built at Karachi Shipyard under transfer of technology programme.
The details were later worked out between the two countries when a Pakistan Navy delegation visited Germany in April.
However recently quoting Pakistani government sources, the Financial Times Deutschland says President Asif Zardari may overrule his militarys preference for the German subs to take up a better offer from France.
If Mr. Sarkozy does not play ball and ships the JF-17 Thunder parts tout de suite, France will lose a major deal with Pakistan.
Want to play hard Ball? Bein Sur!
How about them apples Sarkozy? Vour comprenez?
GDF Suez: Did Pakistan retaliate against France? Bien Sur Rupee News
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