PARIS – France’s foreign minister Tuesday said the conditions were not right to deliver a high-tech warship to Russia given the Ukraine crisis, as pressure from Moscow grows to hand over the vessel.”We consider that the conditions for delivery are not met, for reasons that are obvious today,” Laurent Fabius told France Inter radio.Russia has reportedly warned Paris of “serious” consequences unless France delivers the first of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers on order by the end of November.But Fabius declined to comment on when the exact deadline was, saying it was “fixed by the contract” without giving more details.”On the …read more
Source: AsiaOne
