Member of the delegation of French parliamentarians, who visited the Crimea, Yves Pozzo di Borgo nourishes the hope that the conflict in the Donbass will End before the end of the year and this will lead to the improvement of relations between Russia and the European Union.

A delegation of 10 French MPs this week called for a Crimea - Yalta, Simferopol and Sevastopol, where he held a number of meetings with the local leadership. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine called it " an act of disrespect to national sovereignty of Ukraine and conscious violation of the law of Ukraine ". The French foreign Ministry called the visit by the failures of international law.

"I have a dream, because it (the conflict in the Donbas) will finish by January the month when Kiev and the Donbass will be able to come to a common opinion," said Pozzo di Borgo at a press conference in the Russian capital.

"Hopefully, this will lead to a review of relations between Russia and Europe in the direction of improvement," he said.

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