ASV supports Lithuania, against which China “blackmail” is being carried out by US trade spokeswoman Catherine Tai.
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She expressed support in a conversation with Lithuania Minister for Foreign Affairs Gabriel Landsberg.
“I expressed the US ‘s continued support for Lithuania, which is being subjected to economic coercion by the People’ s Republic of China,” the US diplomat wrote on Twitter, noting with Landsberg about ways to strengthen the transatlantic partnership and develop common values.
Landsberg thanked the US trade representative for “fair talks” and support, stressing that Lithuania will continue to be a solidarity partner with common values.
“We are grateful to the United States for its commitment to working with the European Union to respond to diplomatic and economic action aimed at coercion. We are united as like-minded partners, maintaining our values and principles in all forms of coercion,” the Lithuanian foreign minister wrote on Twitter.
It has already been reported that China on Thursday criticized the United States for its support for Lithuania in a dispute with Beijing over the opening of a Taiwanese representative office in Vilnius under the name of the island.
A spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, Wang Wenbin, accused Washington of using Lithuania to “subdue China with Taiwan.”
The US side has defended Lithuania’s misguided approach to a “one China, one Taiwan” approach and sought to create a small clique for Taiwan’s independence force [darbības] “Vans told reporters after high – ranking US and German diplomats said China ‘s pressure on Lithuania was unjustified.
Beijing has recently put economic and diplomatic pressure on Lithuania in response to Vilnius’ decision to allow Taiwan to open a mission in Lithuania, using the word “Taiwan” in its name, as China seeks to prevent any attempt by Taiwan to act as an independent state. Elsewhere in the world, such representations use the name “Taipei” as Taiwan’s capital, in line with Beijing’s “one China” policy, which does not allow Taiwan to be considered a separate country.
In response to the Vilnius decision, China suspended freight trains to Lithuania in the autumn, stopped issuing food export permits, reduced credit limits and increased prices for Lithuanian companies, and removed Lithuania from its customs system.
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