Eurocopter has won a contract for the supply of 24 EC.635 light helicopters to Iraq under a government-to-government agreement.rnThe deal, worth €360 million was signed in Paris by the French Defence Minister Herve Morin and his Iraqi counterpart Abdul QaderrnObeidi. France also agreed to provide pilot training and guarantee maintenance as part of the contract.rnThe sale is very significant in political terms, in that it is the first French defence export to Iraq since 1990.
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