Lithuania quits ‘divisive’ China group

Lithuania quitted China’s 17+1 cooperation forum with central and eastern European states that includes other EU members, calling it “divisive”.

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Lithuania is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Its Capital is Vilnius. The Baltic country urged fellow EU members to pursue “a much more effective 27+1 approach and communication with China.”

Lithuania also took several steps that angered Beijing, including the blocking of Chinese investment and announcing it would open a trade office in Taiwan.

Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries (China-CEE, China-CEEC) is an initiative by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to promote business and investment relations between China and 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe Countries (CEEC).

Central and Eastern Europe is a term encompassing the countries in Central Europe, the Baltics, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Europe (the Balkans), usually meaning former communist states from the Eastern Bloc and Warsaw Pact in Europe.