Lithuanian Foreign Ministry commented on China's decision to recall ambassador

MOSCOW, Aug 10. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania expressed regret over the decision of China to recall the ambassador from the republic, while the department noted that they intend to develop mutually beneficial relations with Taiwan, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a «representative office» in the country. Beijing said it will not allow Taiwan to be torn away «While regretting China's move, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes this opportunity to reaffirm that, in line with the One China principle, Lithuania intends to develop mutually beneficial ties with Taiwan, as many do. other countries of the European Union and the rest of the world, «the message says. Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, Joseph Wu, announced that the island is going to open a representative office in Lithuania, it will be located in Vilnius and will be called «Taiwan representative office in Lithuania.» The Minister of Economy and Innovation of Lithuania, Aushrine Armonaitė, for her part, announced that Lithuania would open a trade office in Taiwan in October-November. Official relations between the central government of the PRC and its island province were interrupted in 1949 after the victims of the civil war with the Communist Party of China Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-shek 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