Pakistan’s President, Asif Ali Zardari, has prepared concept papers to persuade the international community to assist Pakistan “in these troubled times” through mechanisms such as barter trade, debt swaps, oil supplies on deferred payments, and market access for Pakistani goods.
Dialogue is currently ongoing between Algeria and certain GCC countries concerning the development and implementation of a formally structured offset programme.
Czech officials have announced that Austria’s Steyr-Daimler-Puch will deliver offsets worth 153 percent of the 14.4bn korunas ($670m) purchase price for 107 Pandur II armoured personnel carriers. The agreement appears to flout the imminent European Defence Agency’s Code of Conduct on Offsets.
Bolivia will receive helicopters from Russia and assistance to develop energy resources, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said during Bolivian President Evo Morales’ Moscow visit in February. Morales said he would discuss the immediate purchase of Mi-17V-5 helicopters and loans of other aircraft to fight coca production.
South Korea and Iraq have signed a bilateral agreement according to which South Korea will help rebuild Iraq and …. Korea will receive enough oil to supply the entire nation for almost three years.