French presidential candidate and leader of the far-right National Rally party Marine Le Pen said she still considers Crimea Russian and does not regret the ban on visiting Ukraine because of her position. She spoke about this in an interview with BFMTV..

“I don’t regret it at all, since the decision on the status of Crimea was made in a referendum,” Le Pen said..

She also suggested that Ukraine could lift her entry ban if she wins the presidential election..

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In addition, Marine Le Pen clarified her statement regarding France's withdrawal from NATO at a press conference..

“This is not about withdrawing from NATO, but about withdrawing from its joint command structures,” the deputy noted..

She recalled that France left NATO's integrated command structures in 1966, when Charles de Gaulle was in power.. The country returned to these structures under Nicolas Sarkozy in 2009.

Marine Le Pen has said France will leave NATO if she wins the presidential election..

Recall that Le Pen in December last year said that Ukraine is in the sphere of interests of Russia, and when asked whether the country has the right to join NATO, she answered that today the Alliance cannot accept new members into its ranks..

Recently, French President Emmanuel Macron said that he sees clear signs of war crimes committed by the Russian military against civilians in Bucha.