Ivanov: in case of disagreement France to put Mistral Russia will go to court
Russia will send the appeal to the court in case of disagreement France to put Mistral and demand a penalty under the contract, said on Thursday the head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov. " Will appeal to the court and the requirement of the penalty (in case of non-delivery), as in the civilized world. And Will or will not be executed contract, it is it's not Moscow, And Paris, " said Ivanov, RIA " Novosti. " " we have long-standing relations with France, and would not like to considerations sacrificed to these long-term mutual interests, " he added. on 14 October, the Minister of industry of Russia Denis Manturov said that Moscow had not received from Paris no notification about the refusal to supply Mistral, the timing has not changed. Remember, the recent phrase of the French Ministry of defence Jean-Yves Le Drian on the relationship Between the supply of helicopter carrier type " Mistral " and the situation in Ukraine has caused confusion in the Russian capital. Then the official representative of the Russian foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich said that the French side it's time to stop doing business method " megatonnes diplomacy " with the use of media and should be Solved with the supply of Mistrale " in the Russian Federation. However, on September 22, Deputy official envoy of the French foreign Ministry Alexander Giorgini said that now the transfer of the Russian side of the first landing ship type " Mistral " is impossible. At the same time the representative of the Foreign Ministry was left with no response to the request to comment on the words of the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, threatened to " get the poop " built from the ship, if the French decide to keep him. on 4 September the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande said that the agreement with Russia on the supply of Mistrale " not broken and is not suspended, but its implementation Will be based on events coming weeks.