The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Lithuania recalled its ambassador in China Diana Mitzkeevichene for consultations. This is reported by the press service of the Lithuanian department.
The Foreign Ministry stressed that they respond to a diplomat for consultation against the background of a diplomatic conflict with China.
At the same time, the ministry noted that the Lithuanian Embassy in Beijing continues to work “in regular mode.”
August 10, China recalled the ambassador from Lithuania after the Taiwan diplomance diploma decided to open in Vilnius. Beijing expressed a decisive protest against such a step and appealed to the Lithuanian side with a request to withdraw its representative from the PRC.
In response, this in Lithuania declared its intention to develop “mutually beneficial relations with Taiwan, as many other European Union countries (EU) and the rest of the world do.
Taiwan came out of the control of Beijing in 1949, when, after defeat in the civil war, representatives of the Chinese party of the Khomindan took place. Despite this, the PRC continues to consider the island of its territory.