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The Chairman of the Russian State Duma Sergey Naryshkin met Thursday morning with members of the State Duma of the French Parliament, which after Moscow are going to visit the Crimea. Informal delegation of nine members of the lower chamber and one senator headed by a member of the commission for international affairs of the National Assembly, Thierry Mariani.
«Visits French politicians show a constructive approach of the political elite in France to build a constructive dialogue with Russia”, – Naryshkin welcomed French guests. Their decision to visit Crimea Speaker Naryshkin described as “decisive and bold step”, reports RBC.
«I know about your plans to spend half the day in the Crimea. I am sure that your stay in the Crimea would allow to objectively assess the situation. Advised to talk with ordinary people on the streets and squares, to understand their mood “- said the chairman of the State Duma.
« I am sure that people honestly tell you that they felt and lived than 23 years – since 1991 to 2014, when a number of reasons Crimea, in fact, was peaceful, but annexed by Ukraine “, – he said (quoted by TASS).
Naryshkin thanked Mariani for his work as co-chair of the association” Franco-Russian dialogue. ” The organization, according to Naryshkin, helping to overcome the “crisis of confidence” in the relationship.
«We see France as one of the leading partners in Europe and the world, but have to say that the deepest crisis in Ukraine overshadowed Bilateral relations – to convince the French Naryshkin. – The situation in Ukraine is far from being able to call it stable. I would like to stress that Russia is not a party to the conflict: Russian military units in the Donbass not, as it continues with maniacal persistence chant Kievan rulers. ” “This is a lie and a great folly,” – he concluded.
«A trip to the Crimea – is the ability to see what was going on and to assess the mood of the people”, – said the head of the French delegation. According to him, the delegation, there are those who believe in the return of the Crimean Russian logical, some doubt it. “Sanctions affect Russia’s interests, but the interests of French producers affected,” – reminded Mariani and complained about the “stupidity of this policy, provoked by the Americans».
Coming to reporters after talks with Naryshkin, which lasted more than an hour, Mariani said that he does not represent the French government, which he diverges point of the Russian question. France gives lessons of respect for democracy – as he reacted to the statements of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Lorna Fabius , who said that shocked the trip the French deputies. The intention of the French parliamentarians to visit the Crimea, Western leaders believe that “annexed” the eve of the French Foreign Ministry criticized.
«As a parliamentarian I am not subordinate to the government, and for that there is a separation of powers”, – said Mariani representing the Republican faction in parliament ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy. “Why are they afraid? What fear owns them, when they hear that we are going to the Crimea. It is important that any politically responsible person can make their own opinion, “- said Mariani.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has warned that French parliamentarians visited the Crimea banned entry to Ukraine. French MP agreed that Kiev have the right to do so. But “if we impose sanctions on the sanction to the sanctions to which we come,” he asked rhetorically. In any case, to spend a holiday in the Ukraine, he was not going to, said Mariani. He also noted that he was concerned about the situation in Ukraine and the strengthening of extremism there. According to Mariani, representatives of the Hungarian government before it complained about the oppression of the Hungarian minority from the “Right Sector”, which Russia recognized as an extremist organization and whose activity is prohibited.
The fact that French legislators will go to the Crimea, two days ago, I told the chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Leonid Slutsky. There, they are going to meet with the head of the republic Sergey Aksenov and chairman of the State Council, Vladimir Konstantinov. “This is the first major delegation of Western politicians and parliamentarians since the” Crimean Spring “- said Slutsky.
Mariani has arrived in Moscow in the spring with a delegation of French parliamentarians.
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