China's ambassador to France says former Soviet countries have ‘no status in international law’

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

China's ambassador to France says former Soviet countries have ‘no status in international law’

He also said Crimea was "Russian at the beginning," without specifying what he meant by beginning.

news.yahoo.com

In an interview with Swiss journalist Darius Rochebin, Chinese ambassador to France Lu Shaye said that former Soviet countries "have no effective status in international law."
“In international law, even these ex-Soviet Union countries do not have the effective status because there is no international agreement to materialize their status of a sovereign country,” he said.
“He denies the very existence of countries like Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, Kazakhstan, etc.,” Antoine Bondaz, a China expert at the Paris-based think-tank Foundation for Strategic Research, wrote on Twitter.
Also, when asked whether he thinks Crimea belongs to Ukraine, the ambassador said, "it depends on how you perceive the problem," adding that "it's not that simple." He also said Crimea was "Russian at the beginning," without specifying what he meant by beginning.
Ukraine has not yet commented on the issue.
Earlier this month, however, China’s Ambassador to the European Union, Fu Cong, downplayed the Russo-Chinese partnership. Despite China’s refusal to denounce the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Fu said that his homeland is not on Russia’s side of the war.
The Chinese ambassador added that the relationship between Beijing and Moscow has been “deliberately misinterpreted.”
He also has refuted the statement of U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken from February this year that China considers supplying Russia with arms.
However, in March, the U.S. government confirmed that Chinese ammunition had been used in Ukraine, likely fired by the Russian forces.

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

For real? I wouldn't go that far.

 

[KaiserX]

For real? I wouldn't go that far.

Central Asia is literally in the palm of China and your ambassador is willing to piss them off to appease Russia which itself still occupies Chinese land to this day???

Sometimes I feel Chinas economic might has went to waste with regards to its foreign policy statements…

 

[El Sidd]

Must be a translation issue.

 

[Zsari]

China's ambassador to France says former Soviet countries have ‘no status in international law’

He also said Crimea was "Russian at the beginning," without specifying what he meant by beginning.

news.yahoo.com

In an interview with Swiss journalist Darius Rochebin, Chinese ambassador to France Lu Shaye said that former Soviet countries "have no effective status in international law."
“In international law, even these ex-Soviet Union countries do not have the effective status because there is no international agreement to materialize their status of a sovereign country,” he said.
“He denies the very existence of countries like Ukraine, Lithuania, Estonia, Kazakhstan, etc.,” Antoine Bondaz, a China expert at the Paris-based think-tank Foundation for Strategic Research, wrote on Twitter.
Also, when asked whether he thinks Crimea belongs to Ukraine, the ambassador said, "it depends on how you perceive the problem," adding that "it's not that simple." He also said Crimea was "Russian at the beginning," without specifying what he meant by beginning.
Ukraine has not yet commented on the issue.
Earlier this month, however, China’s Ambassador to the European Union, Fu Cong, downplayed the Russo-Chinese partnership. Despite China’s refusal to denounce the Russian aggression against Ukraine, Fu said that his homeland is not on Russia’s side of the war.
The Chinese ambassador added that the relationship between Beijing and Moscow has been “deliberately misinterpreted.”
He also has refuted the statement of U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken from February this year that China considers supplying Russia with arms.
However, in March, the U.S. government confirmed that Chinese ammunition had been used in Ukraine, likely fired by the Russian forces.

Soviet being a confederation, it’s member states are already sovereign. This is also why some suggestion of creating a Chinese confederation is a nonstarter.

 

[OIO]

The ambassador should talk about NATO's eastward expansion and the post-World War II international order.

NATO should go back to before its eastward expansion and promise not to absorb Ukraine, and then talk about the political settlement of the Ukraine issue.

This ambassador is not smart enough. Of course, different officials in the West often have different opinions.

 

[redtom]

The more detailed description I have seen is that international law cannot solve the border problems of the former Soviet Union member states.
Crimea, for example. It was originally Russian territory but was ceded to Ukraine during the Soviet era. Does Russia have any right to take it back? There is no provision in international law to discuss such a scenario.

Of course, the American and British media will distort the story. But I wouldn't be surprised what they do after reports of genocide in Xinjiang.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

The more detailed description I have seen is that international law cannot solve the border problems of the former Soviet Union member states.
Crimea, for example. It was originally Russian territory but was ceded to Ukraine during the Soviet era. Does Russia have any right to take it back? There is no provision in international law to discuss such a scenario.

Of course, the American and British media will distort the story. But I wouldn't be surprised what they do after reports of genocide in Xinjiang.

So? And Ukraine also gave land to Russia in 1924. What's the fuss? What is given is what is given.

Modern history of Ukraine - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Leishangthem]

unless there's mistranslation,the ambassador is a certified moron that needs to be jailed for stupidity.
LAst thing you need is central asian nation being pro-West.
The western media is having a blast from this retard of an ambassador that lost thinking ability while speaking french. .
This isn't even his first **** up.

 

[tower9]

Holy shit China has this dumbass as an ambassador and gave him the license to give interviews? Lol

 

[merzifonlu]

"Good Anakin, good. Kill him, kill him now!"

If there were no translation errors, that ambassador was just as moron as young Anakin. The interviewer must be "the Darth Sidious of the *journalists" or something. LOL

* Swiss journalist Darius Rochebin

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Holy shit China has this dumbass as an ambassador and gave him the license to give interviews? Lol

China has its own interests. China does not take orders from any other country.

 

[gambit]

The more detailed description I have seen is that international law cannot solve the border problems of the former Soviet Union member states.
Crimea, for example. It was originally Russian territory but was ceded to Ukraine during the Soviet era. Does Russia have any right to take it back? There is no provision in international law to discuss such a scenario.

Of course, the American and British media will distort the story. But I wouldn't be surprised what they do after reports of genocide in Xinjiang.

That is a lie. See Roman Empire and German Empire. Or how about WW II JPN?

 

[gambit]

Holy shit China has this dumbass as an ambassador and gave him the license to give interviews? Lol

That was no mistake. Russia-Ukraine is a test case for what China plans for Asia.

Now think of how China would response if Italy and Germany starts talking in the same tone about their past empires.

 

[gambit]

Here is a history lesson...

At the end of WW II, after Mao won the Chinese civil war, China demanded sovereignty for Indochina (Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Laos), but now...sovereignty is what China says it is. And Urkaine sovereignty is first on the chopping block. Next, Asia.