He said that some former Soveit states don’t have effective status under international law. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS – European states reacted with fury to remarks by China’s top envoy to France questioning the independence of ex-Soviet states, tainting the nation’s push to court leaders in the region and burnish its credentials to broker peace after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
But the comments quickly backfired, with Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia announcing plans to summon the top Chinese diplomats in their nations to explain the comments. All three are former members of the Soviet bloc, which collapsed in 1991. The diplomatic firestorm threatens to overshadow China’s attempts to portray itself as a peacemaker in Russia’s war in Ukraine – and to improve trade and diplomatic relations with the European Union.
France’s foreign ministry said it took note of Mr Lu’s comments “with consternation” and reiterated the illegality of the Crimea annexation under international law, according to a report from Dow Jones, citing a ministry spokesperson. Lithuania’s foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis cited Mr Lu’s comments in a tweet on Saturday to explain “why the Baltic States don’t trust China to “broker peace in Ukraine”.
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