Lu Shaye's controversial response on whether Crimea belongs to Ukraine
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Make your position clear because it feels like it's been floating a little bit.
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First of all, is Crimea, in your eyes, Ukraine?
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But that depends on what...
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No, it doesn't matter. Sorry, is this Ukraine or is it not Ukraine
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How do you see this problem?
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Yeah, but there's the story.
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Crimea was originally part of Russia, wasn't it?
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It was Khrushchev who gave Crimea to Ukraine in the Soviet Union.
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But sorry, according to international law, you know, it's Ukraine.
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Under international law, you can argue it, you can dispute it, but this is Ukraine.
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On international law, even these countries of the former Soviet Union,
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They don't have the status, how to say, effective in international law.
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Because there is no international agreement to make their status as a sovereign country concrete.
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You seem to be saying that the border order as it was born from the fall of the Soviet Union,
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In your eyes, it's still not settled.
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Now, we must not quarrel about this kind of problem again.
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Now, the most urgent thing is to stop, to cease fire, to stop.
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Crimea, you still have to get...
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If you cut off a piece of China and say, sorry, we're teasing, no, we're not teasing.
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It is still a very serious issue from the point of view of the Ukrainians, of course.
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That's what I said earlier.
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So there are enduring problems, isn't it, about their conflict, their problem.
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It's not so easy to say in one word.
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If you have any problems, you can talk about it together.
During an interview, Lu Shaye, the Chinese ambassador to France, gave a controversial response when asked if Crimea belongs to Ukraine.
This video in French was translated to English, Français on April 22, 2023, using Targum.video AI translation service.
