Intel: Qatar requested to buy F-35

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Oct 8, 2020
Two F-35s (L and R) and two F-18s fly overhead during the "Salute to America" Fourth of July event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, July 4, 2019. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Two F-35s (L and R) and two F-18s fly overhead during the "Salute to America" Fourth of July event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, July 4, 2019. — MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Qatar formally requested permission to purchase the United States’ F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, Reuters reported Thursday.

The formal letter of request was not related to a Trump administration push to convince regional governments to recognize Israel, according to one of Reuters’ sources.

Al-Monitor could not independently confirm the report. Qatar’s embassy in Washington did not immediately return Al-Monitor’s requests for comment.

A spokesperson for the US State Department cited policy in declining to comment on potential foreign military transfers of which Congress has not yet been notified.

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