MOSCOW, April 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

Anne-Marie Idrac, the French secretary of state for foreign trade, told a news conference in Moscow earlier on Thursday that France planned to hold its famous Le Bourget Air Show together with Russia's MAKS air show, which has grown in popularity in the past few years.

"I have not heard of these plans before, although I think it is an interesting idea. I was at the Le Bourget-2009 presentation at the French embassy in Moscow the day before, but the director of the French air show did not mention anything like that in his speech," Nikolai Zanegin said commenting on the statement.

He added that Le Bourget and MAKS officials had maintained cordial relations and even exchanged some of their experiences in organizing the shows, but had never considered the possibility of bringing the shows together.

The 48th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, which marks 100 years of technological innovation in aeronautics and space conquest, will be held on June 15-21, while the MAKS

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