Overview
- Bahrain’s crown prince agreed to a $7 billion Gulf Air order with Boeing for 12 aircraft plus options for six more and the purchase of 40 GE engines.
- Deals with Oracle and Cisco will replace Chinese servers and support investments in U.S. energy, technology and manufacturing sectors.
- Officials estimate the $17 billion package will support some 30,000 American jobs across multiple industries.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani signed a civil nuclear cooperation memorandum establishing a basis for a future 123 agreement.
- Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa confirmed Bahrain will retain its U.S.-supplied Patriot missile systems and not transfer them to Ukraine.