MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the week, Fabius said in an interview with the French television channel Canal+ that Moscow violated international law, when it agreed to implement the choice made by Crimean people to reunify with Russia.
"It is strange that exactly France and on the level of the foreign minister started to speak about an alleged inability of popular will expression and the absence of people’s right to determine their future," Zakharova said.
She added that speaking about Crimea, Fabius slipped over a problem of disputed French-administered regions of Mayotte and the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Mayotte is one of the Comoro Islands controlled by France on the ground of referendums held in 1974 and 1976. The French administration of the island is not recognized by the Comoros or the United Nations.
The Scattered Islands are disputed between France and Madagascar. Madagascar called on the United Nations to return these islands to its jurisdiction. The United Nations said that the Malagasy claims were reasonable and urged France to begin negotiations to pass the islands to Antananarivo. Paris continues to ignore the request supported by both Madagascar and United Nations.
