🔴 Live: France says meeting with Chinese envoy a chance for ‘rebuke’ after Ukraine comments

France said on Monday that a pre-scheduled meeting with Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye was an opportunity to issue a “stern rebuke” following Lu’s comments suggesting that ex-Soviet countries lack “effective status under international law”. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia earlier summoned China’s envoys to account for Lu’s remarks, which aired in an interview on Friday. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).