The Prime Minister of France will sign an agreement on the sale of Mistral war ships to Egypt on holidays
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls during the visit to Cairo 10-11 October, will sign a contract for the sale to Egypt of 2 first destined for the Russian Federation helicopter type " Mistral ", said the official representative of the French government Stephane Le Foll.
"Yes, I think he will sign. We signed a contract with Egypt 3 weeks ago, it should be done", - has declared Le Foll, located with working visit in the Russian capital, RIA " Novosti ".
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 under the terms of the sale 2 destined for the Russian Federation helicopter type " Mistral ". It was stated that the amount of the contract will amount to 950 million euros. 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. Prior to this, the Minister of industry and trade D. Manturov said that because of the cheapening of the ruble, Russia received after cancellation of the contract on the "Mistral" two times more than I paid. On 6 August the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande agreed to stop the contract for the construction and supply of 2 amphibious assault ships of the " Mistral ". Last year in 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 United States.
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