Lu Shaye said these independent nations “don’t have effective status under international law because there is not an international agreement confirming their status as sovereign nations.” theSun theSundaily SovietUnion China sovereignty WorldNews
: China’s ambassador to France has sparked anger in eastern Europe and Ukraine while drawing a rebuke in Paris after questioning the sovereignty of post-Soviet countries.
Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak said on Sunday that the status of post-Soviet countries was “enshrined in international law”, while he also took issue with Lu’s comments on Crimea which was occupied by Russia in 2014. The foreign ministers of Baltic countries Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, all former Soviet republics which joined the EU after independence, condemned the comments from Lu, who is part if a new class of outspoken Chinese diplomats.
A statement issued Saturday by the French foreign ministry said it had “learned with consternation about the statements from the Chinese ambassador in France about the borders of countries that became independent after the fall of the Soviet Union”. China has sought to portray itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine conflict and has proposed a political solution to the conflict which was rejected by Kyiv and its Western backers.
In January 2019, he accused Canada of “white supremacy” for calling for the release of two Canadians detained in China, days after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada at the request of the US.
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