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US officials voiced concern Thursday at the sale of French warships to Moscow as they mulled tougher sanctions on Russia for the political upheaval triggered by the Ukraine crisis.
"We have regularly and consistently expressed our concerns about this sale even before we had the latest Russian actions and we will continue to do so," Assistant Secretary for Europe Victoria Nuland told US lawmakers ahead of a visit next week to Washington by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
The first of two Mistral warships is not due to be delivered to Russia until later this year, and France has so far resisted pressure to suspend the controversial $1.2 billion contract.
The Mistral is an advanced helicopter assault ship and France's 2011 agreement to sell them to Russia already triggered protests from the United States and other NATO allies.
The first, named the Vladivostok, is due to be delivered in October, while the second, "The Sebastopol" is to be delivered in 2015 and stationed with the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea -- annexed by Moscow in March.
Lawmakers also pushed for France to halt the sale, saying it would be a clear sign of global anger at what they said was the "aggression" of Russian President Vladimir Putin toward Ukraine.....snip~
https://news.yahoo.com/us-voices-concerns-sale-french-warships-russia-181201334.html?.tsrc=warhol
"Oh", this is what some have been worried about all along. Will the Sanction by the Europeans mean something. Do something. Well we just got our answer from France. What say ye?
I assume since these are French ships, they automatically surrender?
No.....this is where we got our Mistrals from, Right? Its got both Democrats and Republicans a lil hot under the collar. The NEO's.
Even worse is hearing how the French talked about it and Nuland.
But French officials reacted with astonishment, denying that US officials had expressed worries over the contract.
"The United States, like the Europeans, have never voiced privately any concerns about this," a French government official told AFP, asking not to be identified.
"And we are anyway used to such thundering declarations from her (Nuland). She's a neo-con. And the fact that it comes from her is actually reassuring
Fabius is still likely to come under pressure from US officials during his visit to the US capital next week, although he did say in late March that Paris may cancel the Mistral sale if Moscow does not change its policies towards Kiev.....snip~
https://news.yahoo.com/us-voices-concerns-sale-french-warships-russia-181201334.html?.tsrc=warhol
Spare me.I assume since these are French ships, they automatically surrender?
France might come though if other sanctions are purused (banking etc). Evidently, they have been keen investors in economic intelligence for generations and may well know how to "put the hurt" on countries via economic pressure."Oh", this is what some have been worried about all along. Will the Sanction by the Europeans mean something. Do something. Well we just got our answer from France. What say ye?
Spare me.
The French have a higher win / loss ratio than we do against truly viable opponents. As a side note, the somewhat viable opponent (an opponent of equal size capable of occupying large portions of the United States) that we fought was the CSA in 1861.
Lets just say that it took a while to beat them- and that beating them involved a few mishaps.
France might come though if other sanctions are purused (banking etc). Evidently, they have been keen investors in economic intelligence for generations and may well know how to "put the hurt" on countries via economic pressure.
I dont blame them for refusing the cancel the ships. Doing so would cost the French hundreds, if not thousands of high paying precision manufacturing jobs. These types of jobs have become icreasingly scarce in Europe and in the USA.
If France were to cancel the deal, who would absorb the loss? :shrug:
I assume since these are French ships, they automatically surrender?
US officials voiced concern Thursday at the sale of French warships to Moscow as they mulled tougher sanctions on Russia for the political upheaval triggered by the Ukraine crisis.
"We have regularly and consistently expressed our concerns about this sale even before we had the latest Russian actions and we will continue to do so," Assistant Secretary for Europe Victoria Nuland told US lawmakers ahead of a visit next week to Washington by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
The first of two Mistral warships is not due to be delivered to Russia until later this year, and France has so far resisted pressure to suspend the controversial $1.2 billion contract.
The Mistral is an advanced helicopter assault ship and France's 2011 agreement to sell them to Russia already triggered protests from the United States and other NATO allies.
The first, named the Vladivostok, is due to be delivered in October, while the second, "The Sebastopol" is to be delivered in 2015 and stationed with the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea -- annexed by Moscow in March.
Lawmakers also pushed for France to halt the sale, saying it would be a clear sign of global anger at what they said was the "aggression" of Russian President Vladimir Putin toward Ukraine.....snip~
https://news.yahoo.com/us-voices-concerns-sale-french-warships-russia-181201334.html?.tsrc=warhol
"Oh", this is what some have been worried about all along. Will the Sanction by the Europeans mean something. Do something. Well we just got our answer from France. What say ye?
Nice ship, and it comes with a complimentary white flag too. :mrgreen:
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