The Tajik government has purchased a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner presidential aircraft from Mexican authorities. It was reported that the cost of the plane was 1.66 billion pesos (92 million dollars). twitter Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
“I am announcing to the Mexican people that a contract for the sale of the presidential plane has been signed today,” he wrote on the social network.
According to the politician, the Tajik government paid the Mexican side “according to the official estimate” 1,658,684,400 pesos.
He also stated that this money will be spent on the construction of two hospitals.
Mexican authorities have been trying to sell the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner since 2019. According to various estimates, this plane has been paid between $220 million and $400 million. Lopez Obrador, who became president in 2018, did not use this plane and has promised more than once that it will find a new owner.