Lithuania expelled 3 Chinese diplomats

According to Isna, the ministry cited violations of the Vienna Convention and Lithuanian laws as reasons for expelling Chinese diplomats, but did not provide more details. The 1961 Vienna Convention defines diplomatic rules.

The ministry emphasized in its statement that the Chinese employees were ordered to leave Lithuania within a week; An action that will worsen the strained relations between the two countries. China’s representative office in Lithuania has not reacted yet.

China has already downgraded relations with Lithuania and pressured multinationals to sever ties with the Baltic nation of 2.9 million people as it allowed Taiwan to open a de facto embassy there in 2021. slow

In March, Lithuania’s counterintelligence chief claimed that Chinese interference in this year’s election could not be ruled out because of the EU and NATO’s support for Taiwan. Additionally, a Chinese ship has been accused of damaging two recent submarine cables, one of which runs between Sweden and Lithuania.

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