China recalls ambassador from Vilnius

BEIJING, Aug 10 China decided to recall the Chinese ambassador from Vilnius due to the fact that the Lithuanian authorities allowed Taiwan to open a «representative office» in the country, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. located in Vilnius and called the «Taiwan Representative Office in Lithuania». The Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania, Aushrine Armonaite, for her part, said that Lithuania will open a trade office in Taiwan in October-November. on behalf of «Taiwan», this was a gross violation of the principles of the communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and caused serious damage to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China, «the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The ministry notes that «China is strongly opposed to this, the PRC government decided to recall the Chinese ambassador to Lithuania and asked the Lithuanian government to recall the ambassador to China.» The West is Preparing for a War for Taiwan The Chinese Foreign Ministry reminded Lithuania that «there is only one China in the world and the PRC government is the only legitimate government representing all of China.» «The principle of» one China «is a generally recognized norm of international relations and a general consensus of the international community, at the same time it is a political basis for the development of bilateral relations between China and other countries,» the ministry said. Beijing called on Lithuania to immediately correct the wrong decision and take appropriate measures and not go further down the wrong path. Official relations between the central government of the PRC and its island province were interrupted in 1949, after the Kuomintang forces, led by Chiang Kai-shek, who were defeated in the civil war with the Chinese Communist Party, moved to Taiwan. Business and informal contacts between the island and mainland China resumed in the late 1980s. Since the early 1990s, the parties began to contact through non-governmental organizations — the Beijing Association for the Development of Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Taipei Strait Exchange Fund. China calls US senators' visit to Taiwan a disgusting provocation