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13 of September, 11:01

France: Moscow approved the sale of "Mistral" to Egypt with Russian equipment
Moscow has let know that the Russian equipment installed on the helicopter carrier type " Mistral ", built in France for the Russian Federation, have the opportunity to stay in the cabin of the ship, if you can buy them out of Egypt, write foreign media.
according to Defense News, in Paris stated that, According to the Russian side, Russia " could agree to receive equipment India and Egypt."
remember, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande on August 6 agreed to halt the validity of the contract for construction and supply of 2 amphibious assault ships of the " Mistral ". Then the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande said that Paris is without question will find buyers for the helicopter. Last year Paris at the time stopped the supply ships, for which he received the money, citing his disagreement with the policy of Russia in Ukraine. Opposing political force and the trade unions in France has criticized the President of the Fifth Republic for refusing to put Russia "Mistral" alleging pressure from the capital of the USA. After France declared invalid a deal for the production and delivery of helicopter carrier to Russia, there is evidence that the ships became interested in Egypt. So, a source in the government of France reported that Egypt conducts dialogues with France about the possibility of acquiring both helicopter carrier, built for Russia. 2 September was named the exact amount of compensation that Paris has paid Moscow for the undelivered helicopter type " Mistral ". It amounted to 949 754 million 859 thousand euros. In the agreement on termination of the contract, signed by the parties on August 5, emphasized that France "has no right to sell or re-exported in any form to a third party" as long as Russia will not receive "the full amount of compensation and equipment" installed on the first ships commissioned in the capital of Russia.

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