BEIJING: China said on Monday (Apr 24) it respected the 'sovereign state status' of all ex-Soviet countries, after Beijing's ambassador to France sparked outrage in Europe by questioning the
by questioning the sovereignty of those nations.
Beijing's ambassador to France Lu Shaye triggered a furore after suggesting that countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union"don't have effective status under international law because there is not an international agreement confirming their status as sovereign nations". Mao told journalists:"China respects the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries and upholds the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter.
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