Peru’s Balcazar says payment for F-16 purchase postponed until next government takes power

Balcazar dice che il pagamento per l’acquisto di F-16 è rimandato fino all’insediamento del prossimo governo


Jose Balcazar leaves the Faustino Sanchez Carrion building after he was elected as interim president, following a session by Peruvian lawmakers to choose a new leader of Congress to assume Peru’s presidency, after they ousted President Jose Jeri over a sca (Reuters)

LIMA, April 22 (Reuters) - Peruvian interim President Jose Balcazar said on Wednesday that the payment for a purchase of F-16 aircraft has been postponed until the next government takes power in July. 

Balcazar said his previous statements about the deal had been misrepresented following speculation that he had delayed the purchase of the aircraft. 

(Reporting by Marco Aquino, editing by Cassandra Garrison)

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