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November 15, 2000

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Pakistan to buy MiGs from China

Karachi (AFP) - Pakistan will buy at least 30 F-7 MiG fighter jets from China to boost its air defences, incoming Air Force Chief Air Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir said in Karachi on Wednesday.

"At the moment we're looking at about 30 to 40 (MiGs) but later we may buy some more," he said, without elaborating on their price or when the deal would be through.

Pakistani military ruler General Pervez Musharraf had earlier said the purchase was being considered and should not be read as a slight to the United States, which has cancelled the sale of F-16 fighters to Pakistan.

Islamabad signed a deal in 1989 to buy 28 F-16 jets from the United States but delivery was cancelled as part of a 1990 US arms embargo over Pakistan's nuclear programme.

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