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Saturday, March 08, 2014

Hollande to continue cooperation with Russia, Mistral helicopter carriers to be supplied

RS VladivostokFrance continues to comply with the terms of the contract and will supply Moscow with two Mistral-class helicopter carriers, French President Francois Hollande announced. "We keep to the terms of the signed contracts. Right now we have no plans to cancel them and we hope to avoid this," Hollande said at a press conference on Friday.

The Russian JSC Rosoboronexport and the French company DCNS signed a contract to build two helicopter carriers in June 2011. The United Shipbuilding Corporation has been involved in this transaction as a subcontractor to STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire.

The first Russian Mistral-class helicopter carrier Vladivostok was put to sea March 5 and went for builders sea trials in the French port of Saint-Nazaire.

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