China’s Ambassador to the French government caused an international uproar when asked during a French TV interview whether Crimea was part of Ukraine.
A new world order, indeed.
Ambassador Lu Shaye, China’s representative to the French government, caused an international uproar when he was asked during a French TV interview on Friday whether Crimea, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, was part of Ukraine under international law.
“Even these ex-Soviet Union countries do not have effective status, as we say, under international law because there’s no international accord to concretize their status as a sovereign country,” Mr. Lu said.
Neither does China, but who’s counting?
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There may not have been a formal international accord but one might ask how did the “Soviet Union” — the official name of the Communist state from 1917 to 1989 — become “Russia” again?
Mr. Lu’s comments appeared to brush aside the sovereignty of countries, including Russia, that formally recognized each other after the Soviet Union’s dissolution and are represented at the United Nations and in European security organizations.
