The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is outraged by reports on the plans of a group of French parliamentarians to visit Crimea.

"The trip of French deputies to the ARC [Autonomous Republic of Crimea] is an irresponsible step and disrespect for Ukrainian laws and the French/EU policy of non-recognition of the ARC's illegal occupation. Consequences are to follow," Ukrainian Foreign Ministry politics and communications department Director Oleksiy Makeyev said via Twitter on Wednesday.

Russian media reported earlier that a delegation of French parliamentarians coming to Crimea for a two-day visit on July 23 planned, in addition to the official program, to talk to ordinary residents of Yalta and Sevastopol, and visit a cemetery of French soldiers who died during the Crimean War and the 'Sevastopol Defense of 1854-1855' panorama museum.

The delegation is comprised of ten members of the French National Assembly and the Senate. Leonid Slutsky, the head of the Russian State Duma committee on ties with CIS countries, will be accompanying the French delegation headed by National Assembly member Thierry Mariani during the visit to Crimea.