The deal amounts to eight billion dollars, reports DW.

It is noteworthy that the agreement was signed by the ministers of both countries - Khaled bin Muhammad al-Atiyah and Gavin Williamson. A memorandum on the purchase of Qatar fighter aircraft was signed in September.

Earlier, during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Qatar, Doha agreed on a number of joint projects in the field of defense and infrastructure also with Paris.

Then the Qatari side concluded a number of agreements totaling 12 billion euros, including the supply of 12 Rafale fighters produced by France.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, the Council of the European Union imposed personal sanctions on weapons and equipment that can be used for internal repression for Venezuela.