Eight US lawmakers are pressing NATO’s new secretary general to purchase French warships currently bound for Russia, Defense News reports.
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France has faced pressure to cancel a transaction that would deliver two Mistral-class amphibious and helicopter carrier ships to Moscow since Russia seized the Crimea region of Ukraine and territory in that former Soviet state’s eastern half. French President François Hollande is set to decide the fate of the deal this month.
As he reaches a decision, eight US House members are trying to sell him on an alternative.
“Sensitive to the financial burden that France may incur should it …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
