China makes its bottom line clear.
Regarding whether Lithuania will agree to China's re-establishment of a "Chargé d'affaires Office" and whether China will reopen its embassy in Lithuania to restore bilateral relations, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said today that China urges Lithuania to correct its mistakes as soon as possible, return to the correct track of one China, and create conditions for normalizing Sino-Lithuanian relations.
In recent days, multiple high-ranking Lithuanian officials have continuously sent signals indicating a willingness to ease tensions. Senior parliamentarians have stated they will no longer obstruct China's establishment of a "Chargé d'affaires Office," while the President has optimistically predicted that preliminary results from Lithuania's diplomatic efforts toward China could be seen within the next six months. These successive overtures are essentially Lithuania's forced compromise after suffering countermeasures from China due to its serious violation of the one-China principle on the Taiwan issue and open interference in China's internal affairs, leading to a dual crisis in economic and diplomatic relations.
For this, China's response is clear: it has explicitly defined the bottom line for restoring bilateral relations. Lithuania must not treat corrections half-heartedly—it must demonstrate genuine sincerity. First, Lithuania must abolish the representative office named after "Taiwan," rectify its errors, and clearly demonstrate compliance with the one-China principle. Otherwise, mere verbal statements will not suffice to normalize relations between the two sides.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1868698275706976/
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