“EUobserver”: Lithuania is the only EU country that supported N. Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
Published: 08/03/2022 at 1:34 p.m
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis. photo of Vladimir Ivanovs (V).
Lithuania is so far the only European Union (EU) country to support US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the Brussels publication EUobserver announced on Tuesday.
After the official plane landed in Taipei, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis wrote on his Twitter account on Tuesday that N. Pelosi opened the door to Taiwan much more widely.
I am sure that soon other defenders of freedom and democracy will be oppressed through them, said the head of Lithuanian diplomacy.
China, which considers Taiwan to be part of its territory, has been issuing threatening warnings to N. Pelosi not to visit Taiwan for the past few days, as such a move is considered a major provocation. As a result, traffic between Beijing and Washington has increased dramatically.
As the official began his visit to Taiwan, China announced its intention to take targeted military action.
Recently, Taiwan has also become a reason for tension between Lithuania and China.
Last year, as relations between Vilnius and Taibius deepened, a representative office of Taiwan was opened in Lithuania in autumn. This caused China’s indignation, because in other parts of the world Taiwan’s embassies operate under the name of the capital Taibai, after the international consensus was established that such a name does not contradict the one-China policy.
After the opening of the representative office, Beijing undermined diplomatic relations with Lithuania and imposed trade restrictions, for which the European Union will appeal to the World Trade Organization.
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