Foreign ministry welcomes int’l backing for Taiwan-Lithuania ties


Source: rti.org.tw rti.org.tw

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The foreign ministry has welcomed US and EU support for closer ties between Taiwan and Lithuania. Ties between Taiwan and the Baltic nation have warmed significantly in recent months. Lithuania recently donated COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan, and the two countries now plan to exchange representative offices. China has been particularly displeased by the fact that Taiwan’s office in Vilnius will be explicitly referred to as a Taiwan representative office, in place of the more euphemistic names Taiwanese offices in other countries typically have. China has recalled its ambassador to Vilnius in protest and demanded that Lithuania recall its ambassador...