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Lithuania asked Taipei to rename its Vilnius office before October 1
Lithuania reportedly asked Taipei to change the name of its Vilnius office before October 1.
A deputy foreign minister delivered a letter to Taipei’s representatives on September 24, according to Lithuanian media.
The office is called the Taiwanese Representative Office and is based in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital.
It opened in 2021 and became a point of tension with Beijing.
Diplomatic ties between Lithuania and Beijing have been frozen since the office opened.
Vilnius is now seeking to restore diplomatic ties with Beijing.
The reported request was made before China’s National Day on October 1, but the account does not say whether Taipei agreed to rename the office.
Lithuania asked Taipei to change the name of its representative office in Vilnius before October 1, according to reports by Lithuanian news portal Delfi.
A deputy foreign minister reportedly delivered a letter to Taipei’s representatives on September 24.
The request concerned the “Taiwanese Representative Office,” which opened in 2021.
Vilnius is seeking to restore diplomatic ties with Beijing, which have been frozen since the office opened.
- Who
- The Lithuanian government asked Taipei’s representatives to change the office’s name.
- What
- Lithuania requested a name change for the representative office in Vilnius.
- When
- A deputy foreign minister reportedly delivered the request on September 24, with a deadline of October 1.
- Where
- Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Why
- Lithuania is seeking to restore diplomatic ties with Beijing, which have been frozen since the office opened in 2021.
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The representative office opened in Vilnius, after which diplomatic ties between Lithuania and Beijing were frozen.
A deputy foreign minister reportedly delivered a letter to Taipei’s representatives asking for the office’s name to be changed.
The reported deadline for changing the office’s name.
SCMP reported on the request, citing Lithuanian news portal Delfi.
- Requesting government
- Lithuania
- Office location
- Vilnius
- Reported letter date
- September 24
- Requested deadline
- October 1
- Office opening
- 2021