{"id":1956,"date":"2015-04-20T10:50:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T10:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2015-04-20T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T10:50:21","slug":"france-negotiating-with-russia-over-huge-arms-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/france-negotiating-with-russia-over-huge-arms-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"France negotiating with Russia over huge arms deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

French President Francois Hollande says his country is engaged in negotiations with Russia over a huge arms deal that Paris had suspended last year amid the crisis in east Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are busy negotiating a solution to the crisis,\u201d Hollande said Sunday on French television Canal +, adding, \u201cWe will see if we discuss it Friday,\u201d when he meets his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a trip to Armenia.<\/p>\n

Hollande was referring to the 1.2-billion-euro (USD 1.5 billion) deal under which Paris was to sell two Mistral warships to Moscow.<\/p>\n

However, France suspended the delivery of the first vessel for six months over Russia\u2019s alleged role in the Ukrainian conflict, in a move that strained the relations between the two countries.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Putin downplayed the non-delivery and said Moscow wants its advance payments to be returned if Paris refrains from delivering the ship as agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course not delivering the ships according to a valid contract is a bad sign, but from the point of view of supporting our defense capabilities, to tell you frankly, this has no importance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s mainly Russian-speaking regions in the east have witnessed deadly clashes between pro-Russians and the Ukrainian army since Kiev launched military operations to silence the pro-Moscow forces in mid-April last year.<\/p>\n

\"Putin-Hollande\"<\/a><\/p>\n

French President Francois Hollande will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a visit to Armenia on April 24.<\/p>\n

The two leaders are attending a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and will discuss the Ukraine crisis, the source said.<\/p>\n

The US and other Western governments have accused Moscow of having a hand in the crisis in eastern Ukraine; however, the Kremlin has repeatedly denied the accusation.<\/p>\n

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