China has summoned Ambassador in Lithuania to protest the country to allow Taiwan Island to open a representative office in Vilnius.

This decision violates the spirit of the spirit of the general announcement on the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Lithuania, seriously weakens the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today

In the announcement, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was summoned Ambassador Shen Zhifei and asked the Lithuanian government to summon their ambassador in Beijing Diana Mickeviciene.

Chinese Ambassador to Lithuania Shen Zhifei.

The decision was given after Taiwan Island last month announced to open the Representative Office in Lithuania.

Lithuania also plans to open a representative office in Taiwan Island later this year and has given the island of 20,000 doses of Vaccine Covid-19 in June.

We called on Lithuania to immediately fix the wrong decision, take specific measures to overcome damage and do not move deeper into the wrong path, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned.

China always watchs Taiwan as part of the territory waiting for unification and maintaining a principle of a Chinese, not accepting countries to establish diplomatic relations at the same time as mainland China and the island.

Lithuania's moves allow Taiwan to open a representative office to receive America's support.

Only 15 countries maintained formal relations with Taiwan, but many countries opened a representative office at the island, often called the commercial office as the case of the European Union (EU), the organization that Lithuania

China has increased the pressure so that countries do not communicate with Taiwan Island.