The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is asked to declare the Chinese ambassador persona non grata for his remarks on Crimea.
About 80 European parliamentarians sent a letter to French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna with a call to declare Chinese Ambassador to Paris Liu Shaye persona non grata for his remarks on Crimea and the sovereignty of other countries. This is according to a document published by the newspaper Le Monde.
European parliamentarians say Chaiet’s statements on the lack of a valid status for ex-Soviet republics under international law, saying “there is no international agreement”, go beyond “diplomatic discourse acceptable”.
According to the authors of the appeal, such a statement by the Chinese diplomat should be considered a “threat to the security of European countries”.
Earlier, Chinese Ambassador to France Liu Shaye said Crimea “originally belonged to Russia”, and Nikita Khrushchev handed it over to the Ukrainian SSR.
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