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China recalled its ambassador from Lithuania
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Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open its embassy – China considers this to be an intersection of “red lines”.
China recalled its ambassador from Lithuania, protesting against the opening of the Taiwan embassy in the country. About it informs Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, August 10.
“The Lithuanian government, ignoring numerous Chinese statements and warnings of potential consequences, announced the decision to allow the Taiwan authorities to open a“ representative office ”called“ Taiwan. ”The decision violates the spirit of the communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Lithuania and seriously undermines sovereignty and territorial integrity of China, “the ministry said.
The ministry argues that only China is the legitimate representative of the Chinese people, and the principle of “one China” is a generally accepted norm in international relations.
“The red line of defense of national sovereignty and territorial integrity must not be crossed. We call on the Lithuanian side to immediately correct its wrong decision, take concrete measures to eliminate the harm caused and not continue moving in the wrong direction,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry added.
Finally, China warned Taiwan that its “attempts at separatist activities in the international arena” were doomed to failure, and Lithuania offered to withdraw its ambassador from Beijing.
In turn, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry expressed regret over this decision of Beijing, the press service reports.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania regrets this step of China and once again emphasizes that respecting the principle of” one China “, Lithuania intends to develop mutually beneficial relations with Taiwan, as most other EU and world states do,” the statement said.
We will remind that earlier the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba said that there is no turn of Ukraine to China… Ukraine cooperates with China in the field of trade, and on security and economic issues – with Western partners, the minister explained.
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