We respect ex-Soviet states' status

We respect ex-Soviet states' status – China

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 25, 2023 12:07 am

BEIJING: China said on Monday it respected the 'sovereign state status' of all the former Soviet countries after Beijing's ambassador to France sparked outrage in Europe by questioning the sovereignty of those nations.

'China respects the sovereign state status of the participating republics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning told reporters.

TAMING TENSIONS Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning gestures during a daily briefing at her ministry’s office in China’s capital Beijing on Monday, April 24, 2023. AP PHOTO

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