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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian Defense Minister Jose Mucio said late Thursday that countries such as Sweden and Colombia had expressed interest in buying Embraer’s KC-390 military cargo aircraft. <\/p>\n

Mucio said he held nearly 20 bilateral meetings during the LAAD defense and security fair this week and, in some of them, the KC-390 was on the agenda.<\/p>\n

“Evidently, these sales need to be planned, studied and evaluated, to have a source of financing, a guarantee. But the concept of the KC-390 is very big with all the countries,” he told Reuters.<\/p>\n

“Sweden itself has talked about the KC-390, others have also talked about it and it’s a big success. Sweden was expected to give an answer and Colombia is also interested in making an acquisition,” he added.<\/p>\n

So far, the Brazilian Air Force has ordered 19 of the aircraft from Embraer.<\/p>\n

In addition to Brazil, Portugal and Hungary have already acquired it, while the Netherlands selected the aircraft last year for purchase.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Reuters reported, citing sources, that Austria was looking to advance in talks with Embraer on purchasing four or five KC-390 aircraft.<\/p>\n

Embraer Defense CEO, Bosco da Costa Junior, told Reuters earlier this year the company aimed for more international deals, focusing especially on increasing sales of the KC-390.<\/p>\n

In a new interview at LAAD on Wednesday, Costa Junior reiterated that “several countries” were in talks for possible purchases of the freighter, although he did not specify which ones.<\/p>\n

Mucio said the certification of the cargo aircraft by the NATO Western military alliance could open doors in the European market and others.<\/p>\n

“The production in Portugal is important because it already meets NATO’s pre-requisites,” he said, explaining that manufacturing the aircraft in Brazil to sell in Europe does not meet some NATO requirements. <\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Additional reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Mark Potter)<\/p>\n

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