Czech Republic not satisfied with Swedish gripen business - calls for renegotiation of terms and price

Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Sweden's negotiations with the Czech Republic on the lease of 14 Swedish-made Gripen fighters have come to a grinding halt - Swedish media say it has temporarily stalled.

On Wednesday the Czech Government, rejected the Swedish bid on the grounds that it was too expensive and gave Sweden a deadline at the end of November to come up with a new bid, reports the Czech news agency CTK according to Swedish media reports.

The Czech Prime Minister, Petr Necas said there might be talk of a new contract unless the price is lowered.

"So far, negotiations have not been satisfactory so I can not recommend that we accept the latest Swedish bid, "said Necas to the newspaper pravo, according to Swedish media reports.

At the same time the Czech Republic say they are not closing their doors without any notice that negotiations continue. When the ten-year lease of the 14 plane expires in 2014, the deal would have cost the Czech Republic nearly Skr20 billion, or Skr 2 billion a year.
by Scancomark.se Team