Moscow and Paris decided to give up the Mistral deal, Sputnik News informs. According to the final conclusion reached Russia and France will discuss only the sum that Paris should pay Russia for the failed contract.
"We switch the conversation to business — give us our money back… We're now discussing just one thing — the exact sum of money France owes Russia," Oleg Bochkaryov, a deputy chairman of the Russian Military Industrial Complex said.
The deal of $1.3-billion deal for two Mistral-class helicopter between Russia and France was signed in 2011. The handover of the first ship to Russia was to be organized for November 2014, but was canceled by French President Francois Hollande because of Moscow's alleged interference in the Ukrainian crisis.