Paris and Moscow until not reached agreement on the " Mistral ", said the head of the Ministry of defence of France Jean-Yves Le Drian.

"at this stage there is no consensus with the Russian side ", - said the Minister, speaking before the people's elected representatives in the National Assembly (lower house of Parliament).

according to his statement, the contract can be made only by decision of the President Francois Hollande.

"Our priority is to stabilize the situation in Ukraine," - said Le Drian.

first it was claimed that France gave to the Russian side their proposals for the termination of the contract for production and delivery to the Navy of the Russian Federation of 2 helicopter carrier type " Mistral ". According to the newspaper " Kommersant ", the proposals of the French side of the mean return of about 785 million euros. In the capital of Russia with this approach do not agree, because the "costs and losses" of Russia in connection with a torn contract is estimated at 1, 163 billion euros, celebrated magazine.

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