PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Dassault Aviation has concluded industrial talks over the sale of Rafale fighter jets to Morocco and the deal is now being negotiated between the French and Moroccan governments, said Dassault's chief executive Charles Edelstenne.

'I cannot say when those talks will end and what the outcome will be,' he was reported saying by Agence France-Presse.

Sources close to the matter say that the company has been in talks over the last few weeks with Morocco to sell the country around 15 Rafale fighter planes.

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