MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Moscow will respond to the current situation with French Mistral-class helicopter carrier deliveries when Paris clarifies and outlines its final decision, Russia permanent envoy to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said Monday.
“When Paris is able to make a decision, or outlines one or another decision publicly, then we will formulate our position,” Chizhov said during a video conference from Brussels at the International Information Agency Rossiya Segodnya.
Russia and France signed a $1.5-billion deal for two Mistral-class ships in June 2011. The handover of the first ship was scheduled for mid-November, but never happened. French President Francois Hollande put the delivery on hold, citing alleged interference by Moscow in the Ukrainian internal crisis.
