Poroshenko calls on Germany, France not to recognize Duma elections in Crimea

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during a meeting with the foreign ministers of France and Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Jean-Marc Ayrault, urged them not to recognize the legitimacy of the elections to the Russian State Duma, which will be held on the territory of the occupied Crimea.

"The head of state called not to recognize the legitimacy of the parliamentary elections in Russia, which are also planned to be held in the occupied Ukrainian Crimea, the president thanked the OSCE and the EU for their decision not to send observers to the elections on the peninsula," the press service of the Ukrainian government reported after the meeting.