Crimea was Russian: the diplomat of the PRC was ashamed of the words of the former republics of the USSR
The Chinese diplomat stated that the former Soviet republics have no "effective status in international law" because there is no relevant international agreement that would ratify their status. About it reports the French TV channel LCI. During an interview with French journalists, he also raised the issue of Crimea's status and said that the issue of annexation of the Russian Federation of the Peninsula could be considered on both sides, since it was allegedly Russian.
The scandalous statements of Lu Shayier were reacted by the Ukrainian side and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia. Thus, the Ambassador of Ukraine to France Vadim Omelchenko noted that the Chinese diplomat is probably gaps in the knowledge of geography, and his position does not coincide with the official position of the Chinese leadership on the situation in Ukraine. "Or there are obvious problems with geography.
Or such statements are contrary to Beijing's position on the efforts to establish peace in Ukraine on the basis of international law, goals and principles of the UN Charter," Omelchenko wrote on Twitter. For his part, Eshon Tsakhkn's Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhkn told Delfi correspondents that his office intended to call a Chinese ambassador to get clarified about comments on a Chinese high -ranking diplomat on Estonia's sovereignty and other countries of the former USSR.
According to the chairman of the Estonian Foreign Ministry, such statements by the diplomat of the PRC are worthy of regret and incomprehensible. "It is sad that the representative of the People's Republic of China holds such views. This position is unclear," he said. We will remind, the ministers of defense of Russia and China held negotiations in Moscow on April 18.
According to the Chinese Global Times resource, the parties have agreed on cooperation in the field of strategic weapons and the development of early warning systems. The speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC Van Winbin said on April 17 that China was ready to cooperate with the Russian leadership in finding ways to resolve the situation in Ukraine.