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Lithuania's Minister of Defence Juozas Olekas says that his French counterpart told him at a meeting earlier this week that Paris was searching for ways to solve the issue of Mistral warships that France had built for Russia but suspended the handover following outcry from EU and NATO allies.
The French Mistral warships that were originally built for Russia, but the deal was suspended following western outrage at Moscow's policies in Ukraine, are too expensive for any NATO member state to buy, former NATO spokesperson James Appathurai told LETA.
The proposal for the European Union to purchase Mistral ships from France is welcomed in Brussels and is a way out of a particularly complex situation, says Arnoldas Pranckevičius, External Policies Advisor to the President of the European Parliament.
Europe's right wing will suggest member-states of the European Union (EU) to buy out the Mistral warships under construction in France commissioned by Russia, Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Tuesday.
Lithuania's Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has welcomed the decision of the French president not to hand over two Mistral warships to Russia.
Lithuania on Tuesday described the European Union's new sanctions as a step forward in efforts to make Russia revise its policies towards Ukraine, but expressed disappointment that they will not prevent France from selling warships to Russia.
A decision on whether to deliver a second Mistral helicopter carrier to Russia will depend on Moscow's attitude over the Ukraine crisis, French President François Hollande said on Monday.
