Taiwan Mirage affair
The Taiwan Mirage affair involved an arms deal signed in 1992, in which Dassault Aviation, missile manufacturer Matra (later MBDA), Thomson-CSF (later Thales) and Snecma (later Safran Aircraft Engines) would supply 60 Mirage 2000 fighter jets armed with MICA missiles to the Republic of China Air Force in Taiwan. Taiwan eventually received compensation.
Inquiry in France
French judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke started investigating the affair in 2000 along with another inquiry about the Taiwan frigate scandal.[1]
In September 2004, Serge Dassault put pressure on the editors of the newspaper Le Figaro, which he owns through Socpresse, not to publish an interview with Andrew Wang, the main arms dealer involved.[2][3] The interview was eventually published in the newsmagazine Le Point in September 2004.
Arbitration between Taiwan and the suppliers
In 2017, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ordered Dassault Aviation, Thales, Safran, and MBDA to pay the sum of 226 million euros to Taiwan for the commissions they paid against the contractual provisions of the arms deal.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Soupçons sur les contrats des Mirage à Taïwan". Le Parisien. 22 October 2003.
- ↑ Catherine Mallaval (8 September 2004). "Dassault ressort les ciseaux au " Figaro "". Libération.
- ↑ Catherine Mallaval (10 September 2004). "" Le Figaro " cherche une parade à Dassault". Libération.
- ↑ Michel Cabirol (26 October 2017). "Taïwan, une île maudite pour les industriels français de l'armement". www. latribune.fr.
- ↑ Denis Fainsiber (14 January 2018). "Taïwan : Airbus solde une affaire vieille de 25 ans". lesechos.fr.
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