{"id":1147,"date":"2011-04-14T09:02:36","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T07:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2011-04-14T09:06:22","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T07:06:22","slug":"only-summit-talks-can-save-the-mistral-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"Only summit talks can save the Mistral contract !"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ce qui\u00a0 m’\u00e9tonnera toujours c’est la possibilit\u00e9 de lire tout et son contraire sur internet: d’un c\u00f4t\u00e9 l’appel au secours style \u00ab\u00a0Il faut sauver le contrat Mistral\u00a0\u00bb <\/em>et de l’autre le rassurant \u00a0\u00bb Mistral: Paris livrera les navires d\u00fbment \u00e9quip\u00e9s<\/a> \u00ab\u00a0. Faut-il y voir le syndrome des Rafale br\u00e9siliens ou lybiens ou alors esp\u00e9rer un happy end \u00e0 la sauce \u00ab\u00a0Scorpene Indien\u00a0\u00bb. Bien clairvoyant celui qui connait l’issue !<\/p>\n

En attendant la venue de Medvedev au sommet du G20 en mai, je reproduis les 2 articles de la presse russe.<\/p>\n

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12.04.2011 RusNavy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"B\u00e2timent<\/a>Negotiations on the Mistral<\/em> contract is deadlocked because of non-favorable configuration of the ships and numerous blunders made by Russian party, reports Vedomosti<\/em> referring to a presidential spokesman and a defense ministry’s officer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the newspaper, ship configuration unfavorable for Russia was agreed upon in the very beginning of negotiations; delivery of communication aids and control systems is not provided either. Besides, according to the tentative agreement, the contract does not include construction of third and fourth ships in Russia, crew training, and technology transfer.<\/p>\n

The only solution for this problem can be found at the summit level, reports Vedomosti<\/em>. Supposedly, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev would meet with his French counterpart during the G20 Summit to be held in May 2011 in France.<\/p>\n

According to the joint statement made by Russian and French presidents in Dec 2010, Russia will purchase two Mistral<\/em> class assault landing ships in France and construct other two at domestic yards under French license. Preliminary talks were held by Russian defense ministry; then it agreed with Rosoboronexport<\/em> which represents Russia in negotiations since 2011.<\/p>\n

All blunders were made at preliminary stage, say sources of Vedomosti<\/em>. As for the presidential spokesman, the protocol signed last year by Russian Navy’s director for armaments Vice Admiral Nikolai Borisov in the presence of Vice Premier Igor Sechin provided the sum of EUR 890 mln which does not include charges for technology transfer and shipborne control systems. This would cost Russia another EUR 200 mln, says the source.<\/p>\n

Vice Admiral N. Borisov was dismissed by presidential decree late in March. Russia’s leadership consider current Deputy Defense Minister for Armaments Vladimir Popovkin also responsible for blunders in negotiations; he may also leave his office, said the official.<\/p>\n

MOSCOU, 13 avril – RIA Novosti<\/a> – Parole d’un officiel russe<\/p>\n

Moscou a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 persuader la partie fran\u00e7aise de lui livrer les porte-h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res fran\u00e7ais de type Mistral<\/a> avec tous les syst\u00e8mes et les dispositifs n\u00e9cessaires, a annonc\u00e9 mercredi \u00e0 RIA Novosti une source haut plac\u00e9e au minist\u00e8re russe de la D\u00e9fense.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Lors des n\u00e9gociations bilat\u00e9rales pass\u00e9es, nous avons convenu que la partie fran\u00e7aise tiendrait compte des exigences du Minist\u00e8re de la D\u00e9fense en mati\u00e8re d’\u00e9quipement des navires \u00e0 l’aide de syst\u00e8mes et de dispositifs r\u00e9pondant aux normes de la Marine russe\u00a0\u00bb, a indiqu\u00e9 l’interlocuteur de l’agence.<\/p>\n

Auparavant, certains m\u00e9dias russes avaient annonc\u00e9 que les n\u00e9gociations \u00e9taient dans l’impasse, la partie fran\u00e7aise refusant de fournir les syst\u00e8mes de communication et de commandement.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Les pr\u00e9paratifs de l’achat par la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de Russie des b\u00e2timents de projection et de commandement (BPC) de type Mistral progressent de fa\u00e7on r\u00e9guli\u00e8re dans le cadre de n\u00e9gociations avec la partie fran\u00e7aise\u00a0\u00bb, a affirm\u00e9 le haut responsable militaire.<\/p>\n

Il a soulign\u00e9 que le contrat n\u00e9goci\u00e9 sur l’achat par la Russie de porte-h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res Mistral <\/a>pr\u00e9voyait la livraison de deux navires de ce type, de pi\u00e8ces de rechange, des instruments et de la documentation technique.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Ledit contrat pr\u00e9voit la livraison de mat\u00e9riel et la prestation de services permettant la construction en Russie de deux navires Mistral, ainsi que l’octroi au client (le minist\u00e8re russe de la D\u00e9fense) du droit de se servir de la documentation de travail\u00a0\u00bb, a ajout\u00e9 l’interlocuteur de l’agence.<\/p>\n

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Ce qui\u00a0 m’\u00e9tonnera toujours c’est la possibilit\u00e9 de lire tout et son contraire sur internet: d’un c\u00f4t\u00e9 l’appel au secours style \u00ab\u00a0Il faut sauver le contrat Mistral\u00a0\u00bb et de l’autre le rassurant \u00a0\u00bb Mistral: Paris livrera les navires d\u00fbment \u00e9quip\u00e9s \u00ab\u00a0. Faut-il y voir le syndrome des Rafale br\u00e9siliens ou lybiens ou alors esp\u00e9rer un […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1154,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laurentmarot.fr\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}