Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) will call Chinese diplomats for clarification after the Chinese Ambassador to France Lu Shaye’s statement on the possible lack of sovereignty. Reuters.
“Today, the three Baltic states will call representatives, in our case charge d’affaires, an ambassador in other capitals, to clarify whether China’s position on independence has changed and to remind us that we have not. “Not post-Soviet countries, but countries illegally occupied by the USSR,” he said.
Discussing the ownership of Crimea with a French TV presenter, the Chinese diplomat said that the post-Soviet space nations do not have a status in current international law because “there are no international agreements that would determine their status as sovereigns”. countries.” It was reported Delphi.
April 23 Landsberg declarationDue to its position, China cannot be a mediator in the resolution of the Ukraine crisis.