French deputies arrived in the capital of Russia for a meeting with the speaker of the state Duma Sergei Naryshkin to discuss With the Russian colleagues the restoration of inter-parliamentary contacts, said Thursday the co-chair of the Association Franco-Russian dialogue ", people's Deputy of the National Assembly Thierry Mariani.
As stated before, the French deputies after a trip to the Russian capital on Thursday will go to the Crimea, where he will visit Yalta, Simferopol and Sevastopol will hold a series of meetings With the local leadership. The composition of the French delegation, headed by people's Deputy of the National Assembly, a member of the Department of international relations Thierry Mariani, consists of nine parliamentarians.
"With Naryshkin we are going to exchange views. We have a Franco-Russian parliamentary Committee, which met earlier times a year. In the last 2 years, unfortunately, she was not going to - because of the mutual blacklists. But this Meeting is meant to again start the contacts between the Russian and French delegations, " said Mariani correspondents.
according to his statement, if the French government disagrees With the decision of parliamentarians to visit the Crimea, " it's their problem ".
"The meeting we had a Meeting with the Committee in the Parliament, and we had a very serious disagreement With the Minister of foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius - ed.) I said that even if the government disagrees With this step (a trip to the Crimea - ed.), we are not his (the government - ed.) part. I respect the French government's position and I respect the position of the national Assembly, however, it is my personal position, " said Mariani.
in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine told that the trip of the French deputies in the Crimea is disrespect to the laws of Ukraine and will not remain without consequences. The Ministry stressed that " violators will be determined by the legislation of Ukraine limits, for example, by banning access to the site of Ukraine ".
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.
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