France will think about the refusal to perform the contract for manufacturing and delivery of class helicopter carrier " Mistral " for the Russian Navy only in case of introduction of the European Union against the Russian capital punishment 3rd level, said the head of the defense Ministry of France Jean - Yves Le Drian in an interview to Le Monde. " At this point in time we believe that the punishment imposed by the European Union regarding Russia, led to the fact that the Russian leaders took a more open attitude. As a consequence, the EU was not move to the third level of punishment, which meant economic measures. Only in this part of the affected could be sales of such arms, " he said, transfers ITAR-TASS. Appropriate message Le Drian did, answering a replica of the Prime Minister of Estonia, Taavi of Ryasa that before this week paid a visit to France. In an interview to the same newspaper Le Monde Estonian politician turned to Paris with a demand to stop the delivery of Mistrale " Russia." When I visited the Baltic States, raised this issue in talks with their leaders, " he said, with his own hand, the head of the French defense Ministry." I assured our partners that France is determined to take action, if the European Union decides to move to a higher level of punishment. As long as this is not because the dialogue on Ukraine resumed ", - he added. First President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin called blackmail attempts by the US to force France not to ship Mistral in the Russian Federation: " the Fact that currently do with French banks is nothing but internal disturbances in the EU as a whole, and we, too, does not cause ". Remember, first because of the events in Ukraine have started talking about what a deal for the supply France Russia's helicopter carrier " Mistral " is able to be cancelled. Thus, in March, the French foreign Minister Laurent Fabius claimed that " the opportunity to cancel the sale of vessels of " Mistral " is included in the list of measures in the framework of the third series of sanctions against Russia." However, he later said that Paris has no plans to withdraw from the contract. But with the caveat that the final decision will be made in October. on June 18, the National front leader, marine Le Pen said that France should not refuse performance of the contract for production and delivery of Russia of class helicopter carrier " Mistral ", because it would be " absolute nonsense ". In June the leader Francois Hollande said that France will supply two helicopter carrier " Mistral " Russia, if against it will not entered the European economic punishment.
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