France has suspended a contract for production and delivery of Russia's helicopter carrier Mistral until November, said on Wednesday the French diplomatic source.
" This decision was made early in the week. The contract time is stopped until November. During this time we will see whether this would have serious financial consequences, " said the source AFP, adding that This decision may cost us 1 billion euros ", RIA " Novosti ". First Wednesday Elysee Palace spread the message Hollande about the fact that, focusing on what is happening in Ukraine, " rules for France approved the delivery of the first helicopter carrier, today has not been established." Recall that even at the end of may a group of us congressmen urged NATO to allow the redemption of the helicopter carrier Mistral. Washington tried to persuade Paris to cancel the delivery of Mistrale " in the Russian Federation immediately after the Crimean events. The contract for the development of 2 helicopter carrier is 1, 66 billion dollars and allows France to provide work for about a thousand people. Despite this, foreign Minister Laurent Fabius admitted that a contract for the sale of vessels has the ability to be terminated.

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