MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) – Russia believes that the contract with France to deliver the Mistral helicopter carriers will be fulfilled according to the original agreement, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said Thursday.
“We believe that the contract will be fulfilled in accordance with the volume agreed on that was established at the according time,” Manturov said.
On Wednesday, the office of President Francois Hollande released a statement, saying that the head of the country concluded that the conditions, under which France could authorize the delivery of the first helicopter carrier are not in place.
Russia and France signed a $1.6 billion deal for two Mistral-class ships in June 2011. The first of these, the Vladivostok, was expected in Russia at the end of this year, with the second, the Sevastopol, due to be completed in 2015.
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