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5 of February, 15:21

Hollande refused to accept Ukraine into NATO France does not want Ukraine's accession to NATO, said President Francois Hollande during the traditional press conference in Paris. In turn, he noted that "does not intend to carry out discussions on the supply of weapons to Kiev.

"For France Ukraine's entry into NATO is undesirable," said franö¿ois Hollande, answering the journalists ' questions. "We need to state this clearly, all countries, we must speak the truth, including what we find is not ready. This is the principles of France," the President said.

At the same time, he stressed that Paris is not going to organize discussions on the supply of arms to the Ukrainian side. "In particular because we are with Angela Merkel sent with this visit (in Kiev)," added Holland.

"France is not at war in Ukraine and does not want war in the Ukraine, we want to avoid war there. At the moment we have to make all that prevailed diplomacy and politics", he was quoted by TASS.

Note that Francois Hollande 5 and February 6, together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Kiev and Moscow for talks on Ukraine. Together with Angela Merkel, I decided to come up with a new initiative. Currently, in the afternoon we travel to Kiev. We will make new proposals to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, and they will be based on the preservation of the territorial integrity of the country. Today we will discuss them with the President of Ukraine, and on Friday we will go to Moscow to meet with Russian President," said the French President. The German leadership confirmed the visit of Angela Merkel to Ukraine and Russia.

This was reported by the press Secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov. "I confirm that in fact for the next day (6 February) is scheduled to interview Putin, Merkel and Hollande, during which the three presidents will discuss what significantly can make the three States to support the early termination of the civil war in the South-East of Ukraine, significantly escalated in recent days, resulting in numerous casualties," said a spokesman for the Kremlin.
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