Paris and Cairo on the first day of the weekend signed a contract for the purchase by Egypt of 2 previously destined for the Russian Federation helicopter type " Mistral ".

The solemn signing ceremony was held in the first day weekend day in the Palace "al-Ittihad" in Cairo in the presence of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Prime Minister of France Manuel Valls.

a contract for production and delivery of 2- "Mistral" cost 1, 2 billion Euro was concluded between the French DCNS/STX and the "Rosoboronexport" in 2011. France had to give 1st ship "Vladivostok" in November 2014, but due to the events in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions against Russia. In early August, Moscow and Paris terminated the contract for the construction and supply of 2 ships-docks-type " Mistral ".

at the end of September it was announced that the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande reached an agreement with its Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sale of Egypt 2 destined for the Russian Federation helicopter carrier.

France after the return of the Russian equipment installed on the " Mistral ", will be able to dispose of the helicopter. Senior Commissioner of the Russian Federal service for military-technical cooperation said Last news that " data transfer vessels in case of conclusion of the contract will occur no earlier than 2016, that is after will be stripped of all the Russian equipment that currently stands on these ships and is in the process of dismantling ".

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