Mayor of Nice says Crimea is Russian territory during visit by Mayor of Yalta
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, met with a delegation from the occupied Crimea and signed a letter of intent with the Administration of Yalta, as stated on Christian Estrosi’s website.
The delegation of the mayor of Yalta was on an official visit in Nice from February 26 – March 1st. The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to France, Alexander Orlov, was also present at the meeting.
The delegation’s visit was referred to as symbolic, as it was the "first time since the referendum on independence and joining Russia."
It was also mentioned on the mayor’s website, who had already expressed his support of the Russian Federation’s actions, that Yalta is a part of the Russian Federation.
"On the 26th of November, 1960, an agreement was signed establishing a brotherly relationship between Yalta and Nice, the mayor of Nice in the presence of the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to France met with the mayor of Yalta, Andrey Postenko, to sign the letter of intent on the development of friendly relations and a renewal of brotherly relations between Yalta and Nice," as indicated in the message published in on the website of Christian Estrosi.
It was not the first time that Christian Estrosi has shown his friendship towards Russia. During a visit to Moscow, he criticized the French Government for the reluctance to supply "Mistrals.” He also wrote several messages in Russian on Twitter as a sign of support for the Russian Federation.