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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Sarkozy to sign arms deal in Brazil

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to sign an arms deal during his upcoming visit to Brazil that could help this country build Latin America's first nuclear-propelled submarine, the government's official news agency said Saturday.

The French president is scheduled to arrive in Rio de Janeiro on Monday for a Brazil-European Union summit. He is currently president of the European Union's council.

Agencia Brasil said Sarkozy and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva would sign an agreement after the summit that includes the transfer of French technology for Brazil to build four conventional submarines, as well as the hull for "Brazil's first nuclear submarine."

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