British media disclosed: The United States has advised Lithuania to change the name of the "Taiwan Representative Office"

According to the Financial Times website on January 20, the United States suggested that Lithuania consider changing the name of the so-called "representative office" of the Taiwan authorities in Vilnius, Lithuania, to ease tensions between the Baltic state and China since the establishment of the "representative office".

According to people familiar with the matter, U.S. diplomats made a proposal to Lithuanian officials to change their names. They said that the US Government believes that this choice by Lithuania opens the door for China to adopt the so-called "coercive approach" and may undermine efforts to expand so-called relations with the Taiwan authorities.

The white house also denied that the government proposed changing the name of the so-called "representative office" of the Taiwan authorities in Lithuania. A spokesman for the National Security Council said: "Anyone who gives other claims does not truthfully reflect the content of the consultations between the United States and Lithuania. The spokesman claimed that the United States had previously informed Lithuania that it would "support" the decision made autonomously by Lithuania.

The report pointed out that this diplomatic dispute has caused headaches for the US government, which on the one hand wants to "help" the Taiwan authorities strengthen the so-called "sense of existence", and on the other hand, does not want Beijing to accuse the United States of violating the one-China policy.

According to reports, it is reported that the Taiwan authorities asked the United States to agree to add "Taiwan" to the name of its so-called "representative office" in Washington in 2021, but the Us side did not take action on this.

The report also pointed out that the current dispute has also led to divisions within the Lithuanian government. Lithuanian President Ghitanas Nauseda called the taiwan authorities' so-called "representative office" in Lithuania a "mistake," and a poll by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry last month showed that only about 13 percent of Lithuanians supported the government's China policy.

At a meeting this week, Lithuanian business leaders said they had fallen victim to an unwelcome policy, in addition to the president and members of the opposition, in the presence of President Nauceda.

However, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Shimonit has consistently claimed that the government will not budge.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that the allegation that the United States proposed to change the name of the so-called "representative office" of the Taiwan authorities in Lithuania was "untrue" and an "act of spreading false information".

Some analysts believe that this dispute is a destructive factor for the so-called "results" that the Taiwan authorities really hope to achieve.

Glasly, a U.S. expert on Taiwan, said: "Allowing this crisis to continue to worsen is likely to have negative consequences for Lithuanian interests, and perhaps the same is true for the Taiwan authorities." ”

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said many times that Lithuania has the right to make a legitimate and reasonable response to the creation of "one China, one Taiwan" in the international arena, and the United States and relevant countries should urge Lithuania to recognize and correct its mistakes as soon as possible, instead of encouraging the cubic party to add mistakes to the wrongs, so that the interests of the Lithuanian state and people will suffer greater losses.

Source: Reference News Network