The defense Ministry had not received from Paris official notice of the termination of the contract for production and delivery of petroleumnote type " Mistral ", the Russian defense Ministry with private parties to fulfill the obligations under the contract without change, said Last news on Thursday, the Deputy head of the Ministry of defense Yury Borisov.

" At this point in time the French side is not officially presented its position regarding the termination of the contract, for this reason, the obligations on our part without change, " said Fins news Borisov, answering the question about whether already instructions on preparation of documents for applying for a refund of the penalty.

" The leadership of the Ministry of defence does not see a special tragedy in the situation surrounding this contract helicopter carrier, the position of the Russian side will be developed in accordance with international law, " said Borisov.

in his vision, the French contractors expressed interest in further cooperation, moreover, that " we have other prospects with them."

yesterday, the administration of the President of the French Republic, fran?ois Hollande, at the meeting of the French security Council distributed a communiqu?, according to which the head of the country in connection with the development of the situation in Ukraine was considered insufficient by today's rule to send the first Russian Mistral.

the contract for manufacture and delivery of two (2) helicopter carrier was concluded between the French company DCNS and the " Rosoboronexport " in 2011. The contract value is 1, 2 billion euros. The first vessel - " Vladivostok " - was obliged to enter service with the Russian Navy in 2014, the second - " Sevastopol " in 2015. Against delivery of the vessels came from the United States. For its part, in DCNS assured that punishment the US do not have the ability to prevent the construction and the transfer of " Mistela ".


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