The Chinese ambassador to France is summoned by the Quai d'Orsay, after his remarks questioning the sovereignty of countries of the former USSR and the belonging of Crimea to Ukraine. Remarks that provoked an international outcry and implicitly questioned by Beijing on Monday.
"China respects the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries and upholds the purposes and principles of the UN Charter," Mao Ning told reporters. The Global Times columnist regretted that the France does not "protect the ambassador's right of expression"