Pakistan and Sri Lanka have signed an accord under which Pakistan to sell eight JF-17 Thunder aircraft.
The agreement is part of memorandum of understanding (MoUs) signed between Pakistan and Sri Lanka during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s three-day visit to the island earlier today.
According to the accord, Pakistan will sell eight JF-17 warplanes to Sri Lanka in the first phase.
according to highly placed diplomatic sources, India urged Sri Lanka not to procure its fighter jets accord with Pakistan
They sources also added that two Indian high-ups had threatened a Sri Lankan .official over the telephone to not sign the aircraft deal with Pakistan. Failing to do so, they warned, India would cancel the $400 million loan for Colombo port city project.
However, the Sri Lanka government reportedly refused the offer saying Indian air force itself was not using the aircraft they were offering them to purchase.
