Egypt has reached agreement with France on the purchase of " Mistral "
Victoria Ivanova. The head of the French Republic Francois Hollande reached an agreement with its Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi under the terms of the sale 2 destined for the Russian Federation helicopter type " Mistral ", reports to the environment Agency.
on Wednesday, it was announced that the delegation of Egypt holding a high position of bureaucrats in Paris discusses the rules of acquisition 2 " Mistral ", but the parties do not have the opportunity to come to a consensus about the final price of the ships.
As stated before, it is planned that one of the "Mistral" will be on duty in the Red sea, and another will take the position in the Mediterranean.
in the period from 2014 Egypt has already received four French Gowind corvettes, the Price of which amounted to EUR 1 billion, a FREMM frigate for 900 million euros, and 24 Rafale fighter, which Price is believed to be 3 billion euros. The volume of other procurement of Egypt in terms of weapons in France amounted to 1, 1 billion euros.
a contract for production and delivery in Russia 2 helicopter carrier type "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 last year, but due to the events in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions against Russia that never was.
in early August, Moscow and Paris adopted a conclusion on termination of validity of the contract. France after the return of the Russian equipment installed on the " Mistral ", will be able to dispose of the helicopter.
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