China lowered diplomatic relations with Lithuania to the level of the attorney in cases due to the fact that Vilnius approved the opening of the representative office of Taiwan. This is reported by TASS with reference to the statement of the MID PRC.
The statement is specified in the statement that, despite the decisive protests by China, Lithuania approved the creation of the Taiwanese administration of the so-called “representative office of Taiwan in Lithuania.”
China in connection with this expresses sharp discontent and decisive protest, the Chinese side decided to reduce diplomatic relations between the two countries to the level of the attorney in the affairs, “added to the Foreign Ministry.
In early October, Lithuanian President Gitanas Bested said that the countries of the European Union (EU) should postpone their production from China because of its aggressive foreign policy rhetoric and focus them in countries with Western thinking.