The Chinese Ambassador to France, Lu Shaye stated that the countries of the former USSR "do not have an effective status in international law, since there is no international agreement that would specify their status as sovereign countries."
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The Ukraine (and Belarus) had a seat of its own in the UN since its founding in October 1945.
I have no idea what this Chinese "diplomat" means, but history is not one of his strengths.