U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary Sam Bodman Witnesses Signing of a Purchase Agreement Between Boeing and Pakistan

Commerce Deputy Secretary Sam Bodman today witnessed the signing of a $1.5 billion Purchase Agreement between The Boeing Company and Pakistan International Airlines officials. The agreement, signed at the Department of Commerce, was for the purchase of eight Boeing 777 airplanes that will be delivered between 2004 and 2008.

“Trade between the United States and Pakistan is important to the creation of jobs and the health of our economies.” said Bodman. “This agreement is a significant boost in the growing relationship between our two countries.”

Joining Deputy Secretary Bodman were Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Pakistan Secretary of Defense and Chairman of Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Hamid Nawaz Khan, U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, and Boeing Senior Vice Presidents Doug Groseclose and Rudy deLeon.