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PARIS,
April 23: Chinese Ambassador in Paris, Lu Shaye has commented on a
question about the sovereign status of Ukraine whether it’s part of Russia or
not, distressed France, Ukraine, and Baltic States. He said in an interview
aired on French TV channel that historically, Ukraine is part of Russian and
had offered by former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
Lu Shaye
was asked to clear his position about the sovereign status of former soviet countries
including Ukraine, Baltic State of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
According
to Shaye’s remarks, these ex-Soviet states does not entail the actual status in
the eye of International Law because no international agreement found to actualize
their sovereign status in this regard.
France
responded on the following day and said its full solidarity with all the allied
countries affected by Chinese ambassador’s statement. It further added that
they got independence “after a decade of oppression”.
French
spokesperson, continued on saying that Ukraine was internationally recognized
country including Crimea from 1991, and China will have to clarify whether
these comments reflect its position or not.
All the
affected states reacted with their comments by following France.
Mykhailo
Podolyak, who is the senior aide of Ukrainian President tweeted that "It
is strange to hear an absurd version of the 'history of Crimea' from a
representative of a country that is scrupulous about its thousand-year history,"
"If
you want to be a major political player, do not parrot the propaganda of
Russian outsiders."
However,
Chinese Foreign Office has not commented on the issue so far, nor clarified the
statement. (Courtesy: Reuters)
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