Russia and France inked a package of agreements, including those on energy, military cooperation here Thursday with an aim to strengthen bilateral economic ties.
The agreements were signed during the 15th session of the Russian-French intergovernmental commission for bilateral cooperation.
In particular, after negotiations between Russian and French prime ministers Vladimir Putin and Francois Fillon, the two sides decided to set up a joint center on energy saving and energy efficiency.
French Alstom conglomerate also signed several documents with Russian companies, such as RusHydro, Inter RAO and Rosatom.
Calling French companies strategic partners of Russia on global energy market, Putin meanwhile urged Europe to buy more Russian gas to combat this winter's cold weather.
As on military cooperation, Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport signed a document with French Sagem Defense Securite on a joint venture on advanced navigation systems that will be based in Russia.
The two sides also agreed to jointly develop the Sukhoi Super Jet 100 regional airliner project.
Concerning the international tender by the Russian side on helicopter carrier, Putin said Russian experts remained studying French proposals, while Fillon said France had no problems of transferring production technologies of the Mistral-class amphibious warships.
Fillon also pledged to ease visa regime for Russians on behalf of his country.
Other documents signed were in the sectors of health, agriculture, finance, among others.
Source: Xinhua
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