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Morocco spends 632 million euros on French weapons in five years

Xinhua, June 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

Morocco purchased more French arms than any country in the Maghreb in the last few years, local media reported on Friday.

According to figures released by the daily Akhbar Al Yaoum, Morocco spent 632 million euros during the period from 2011 to 2015 on French weapons.

The same source revealed that Morocco comes ahead of Algeria, which spent only 153 million euros during the same period.

Morocco also ranks highly in the Arab world in terms of French weapons purchases.

According to the same source, Morocco ranks among the top ten Arab customers of the French defense industry, alongside Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Egypt. Endit