Presidential envoy to Crimea Oleg Belaventsev on Thursday at a meeting with a delegation of French parliamentarians in Simferopol asked them for help in the capture of Schengen visas to Crimeans.

A delegation of 10 French people's deputies on Thursday arrived in the Crimea from the Russian capital. The French will visit Simferopol, Yalta and Sevastopol, where he will hold several meetings with the local leadership.

"Mother can't go to their child who is studying in the European Union, for example. This is a problem we are not able to solve, and we solve all the internal, make sure " - said the Belaventsev.

"That is, if the Crimeans will ask for a visa to Germany or France - you will be denied?" - asked the head of the French delegation Thierry Mariani.

"Yes, you will be denied, and sent to Kiev. This is unacceptable. Crimeans steel travel abroad in the European Union ", - said the Belaventsev.

Plenipotentiary representative in Crimea asked for help in the capture of Schengen visas to Crimeans from the deputies of the French Parliament.

Meet the leadership of the Crimea in the Council of Ministers of the Republic with the French delegation in these minutes is completed, after which the deputies of the National Assembly of France will go to Yalta, where there are plans to meet and socialize with the residents and guests of the southern coast of the city.

Crimea became a Russian region after the March 2014 referendum in which a Large number of residents, do not recognise the legitimacy of the February coup in Ukraine, voted for joining the Russian Federation. In the capital of Russia notice that the referendum in Crimea complies with international law and the UN Charter.

the Ukrainian foreign Ministry called the visit of the deputies in the Crimea " failing to respect the sovereignty of Ukraine and conscious violation of the law of Ukraine ". Diplomatic France Ministry called the planned trip by the failures of international law.

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