“The agreement was signed in 2011, the boat is almost finished and must be delivered in October … The Russians have paid. We would need to pay back 1,1 billion euros,” French President François Hollande explained during a dinner hosted by the Presidential Press Association on July 21.
After the crash of flight MH17 above the region of pro-Russian separatists in the east of Ukraine, tensions with Russia have gained new heights. Still, Paris wants to maintain its trading contract with Moscow concerning two Mistral helicopter-carrying ships.
Built in the shipyard of Saint-Nazaire in France, these impressive …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
