President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda MOSCOW, 4 Jan. President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda called the opening in Vilnius a mistake the official representative office of Taiwan, and not its capital Taipei, as this caused a sharp reaction from China. «I believe that it was not the opening of the representative office of Taiwan that was a mistake, but the name that was not agreed with me,» Nauseda told Lithuanian News Radio. img src = «/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1a23cbf308112655d649425f6aa20b34.jpg» /> China threatened to «swat Lithuania like a fly» Relations between Lithuania and China escalated after the official representation of Taiwan was opened in Vilnius. In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC expressed a protest to Lithuania. Later, China unilaterally downgraded the level of diplomatic relations with Lithuania to the level of chargé d'affaires. In most countries of the world, there are offices of Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, which helps to avoid conflicts with China. Nauseda stressed that both Lithuania and Taiwan can open offices that do not have diplomatic status, but expressed regret that «the name of the office was the determining factor which now has a very strong impact on our relations with China. «According to the president, China is applying» unconventional measures «to Lithuania, and therefore Lithuania must clearly signal to the EU that» this is an attack, a certain pressure on one of the EU countries. » 
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