Paris: France on Friday warmly accepted the offer of a puppy from Russia as a replacement for a police dog named Diesel which was killed during operations after the November 13 terror attacks in Paris.
"The gift from Russian police dog-lovers to their French counterparts... is a very strong and exceptional symbolic gesture on your part," Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve wrote in a letter to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Kolokoltsev.
The Russian interior minister had offered to send a German shepherd puppy named Dobrynya to replace Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian shepherd.
During that raid Abdelhamid Abaaoud, one of the suspected ringleaders of the November 13 attacks in and around Paris which left 130 people dead, was killed in a shootout along with two accomplices.
Russia's foreign ministry has published pictures and videos of the little dog playing with a ball (https://mvd.ru/news/item/6802710/).
Before being sent to France he must undergo veterinary checks and a quarantine.
French President Francois Hollande and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday to coordinate strikes against the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks.
"The gift from Russian police dog-lovers to their French counterparts... is a very strong and exceptional symbolic gesture on your part," Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve wrote in a letter to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Kolokoltsev.
The Russian interior minister had offered to send a German shepherd puppy named Dobrynya to replace Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian shepherd.
During that raid Abdelhamid Abaaoud, one of the suspected ringleaders of the November 13 attacks in and around Paris which left 130 people dead, was killed in a shootout along with two accomplices.
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Russia's foreign ministry has published pictures and videos of the little dog playing with a ball (https://mvd.ru/news/item/6802710/).
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Before being sent to France he must undergo veterinary checks and a quarantine.
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French President Francois Hollande and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday to coordinate strikes against the Islamic State group, which has claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks.
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