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Paris, 26 August 2015, 02:59 – REGNUM Defence Minister of France Jean-Yves Le Drian during his visit to Malaysia intends to discuss the possibility of selling one of the two helicopter carriers of the “Mistral”, which were intended for Russia, according to the French newspaper La Tribune.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet of Ministers of France on August 26 will consider a draft intergovernmental agreement with Russia on compensation for failure to supply helicopter carriers , was reported in press service of the Elysee Palace. Details about the content of the draft agreement does not provide.
Note on the eve of the sources said, Thurs of France paid the Russian side more than 1 billion euros as a result of the termination of the contract. It was explained that this amount includes not only the return of advance payments, which go to the construction of “Mistral” and related costs associated with the preparation of crews for the ships of this type and installation of the equipment from Russia.
As reported IA REGNUM , a contract for the construction and delivery of two helicopter carriers of the “Mistral” was signed between Rosoboronexport and the French DCNS / STX more in 2011. The transfer of the first ship was to take place in November 2014, but that did not happen. The French side said that it can not send Russian warships to the armed conflict in Ukraine.
The Russian side did not insist on the transfer of ships and took a conciliatory stance: either French transmit helicopter carriers, or return the advance payments and pay a small liquidated damages, as well as the cost of personnel training and re-equipment of ports. In early August, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande have agreed to terminate the contract for the supply of “Mistral».
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