PARIS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - France said on Tuesday it had agreed potential deals worth 10 billion euros ($11 billion) with Saudi Arabia, including for patrol boats, although few contracts appeared to have been finalised.
"10 billion euros of contracts," Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who was concluding a four-day trip to the Middle East, said on his Twitter feed.
However, a statement from his office suggested most of the agreements had yet to be sealed. Among the potential deals, his office said the Kingdom would order 30 patrol boats by year-end, and had entered exclusive negotiations to buy satellite and telecommunications equipment worth "billions of euros."
($1 = 0.8787 euros)
(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau; writing by John Irish; editing by Michel Rose) ((john.irish@thomsonreuters.com; 0033-1 49 49 53 42; Reuters Messaging: john.irish.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
"10 billion euros of contracts," Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who was concluding a four-day trip to the Middle East, said on his Twitter feed.
However, a statement from his office suggested most of the agreements had yet to be sealed. Among the potential deals, his office said the Kingdom would order 30 patrol boats by year-end, and had entered exclusive negotiations to buy satellite and telecommunications equipment worth "billions of euros."
($1 = 0.8787 euros)
(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau; writing by John Irish; editing by Michel Rose) ((john.irish@thomsonreuters.com; 0033-1 49 49 53 42; Reuters Messaging: john.irish.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
