BEIJING, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Any European nation's support for Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Liu Xiaobo would be seen as an affront to China's legal system, China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
Cui Tiankai, China's key G20 negotiator, made the remarks in response to a reporter's question at a briefing for the upcoming G20 summit in Seoul next week.
Liu, who is currently serving an 11-year jail term on subversion charges for his role in advocating democracy and an end to the Communist Party's monopoloy on power, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October.
The New York Times reported on Thursday that China was putting pressure on European governments to boycott the Nobel awards ceremony in December.
(Reporting by Simon Rabinovitch and Zhou Xin; Editing by Ken Wills)