Lithuania vs China, new diplomatic spat (arguably scary spat)

Apr 23, 2023

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have demanded answers from Beijing, after a senior Chinese diplomat questioned the sovereignty of post-Soviet states.

In an interview with French network TF1, Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, said former Soviet republics have no “effective status” in international law.

“In international law, even these ex-Soviet Union countries do not have the status, the effective status in international law, because there is no international agreement to materialise their status of a sovereign country,” Lu said, in an interview broadcast on Friday.

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