{"id":1232,"date":"2026-02-06T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/1232\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:02:05","slug":"china-open-to-talks-with-lithuania-after-apparent-change-in-taiwan-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/1232\/","title":{"rendered":"China open to talks with Lithuania after apparent change in Taiwan stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"912\" height=\"570\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"html-img h-auto w-full\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/d532d827-lin-jian-14042025.webp.jpeg\"\/>Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that the door for communication between China and Lithuania remains open. (EPA Images pic)<br \/>\nBEIJING: China said today it was open to dialogue with Lithuania after the Baltic nation\u2019s prime minister described as a \u201cmistake\u201d its 2021 decision to let Taiwan set up a de facto embassy in the capital of Vilnius.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Lithuania had begun taking \u201csmall first steps\u201d to restore ties, Inga Ruginiene, who became prime minister last September, told Baltic News Service on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cThe door for communication between China and Lithuania remains open,\u201d Lin Jian, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, told a regular news conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cWe hope Lithuania will translate its willingness to improve bilateral relations into concrete actions, and promptly rectify its error,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">China downgraded relations with Lithuania in late 2021 after the nation of 2.9 million let Taiwan open a \u201cTaiwanese\u201d representative office on its soil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Beijing views Taiwan as a Chinese province with no right to set up such offices in countries with which China has formal ties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">In contrast to Lithuania, countries such as Australia, Britain and the US host offices that are usually known as \u201cTaipei\u201d representative offices, which avoids the implication of statehood and sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Since the breakdown, Lithuania has recalled its ambassador in China and other diplomats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">In late 2024, it expelled three Chinese diplomats in the country\u2019s Office of the Charge d\u2019Affaires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Last year, China banned Lithuanian banks UAB Urbo Bankas and AB Mano Bankas from transactions and cooperation with domestic organisations and individuals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cI think Lithuania really jumped in front of a train and lost,\u201d Ruginiene told the news service in an interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Taiwan and Lithuania are important partners with shared values of freedom and democracy, and both sides agreed the name of the office, the foreign ministry in Taipei said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cSince the office was established, Taiwan and the Lithuanian government have continued to promote mutually beneficial, substantive cooperation,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">\u201cTaiwan would keep up close coordination and communication to deepen ties with Lithuania,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that the door for communication between China and Lithuania remains open.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[1545,174,1546,1547,1548,171,1549,170],"class_list":{"0":"post-1232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vilnius","8":"tag-ambassador","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-embassy","11":"tag-inga-ruginiene","12":"tag-lin-jian","13":"tag-lithuania","14":"tag-taiwan-lithuania","15":"tag-vilnius"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}