Lithuanian Foreign Minister @GLandsbergis has called on Japan, the United States and other democratic nations to step up coordination in their dealings with #China, citing "economic pressure" it is facing from Beijing ...english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/9…
... in apparent retaliation for deepening ties with Taiwan.
In a recent interview in Vilnius, Landsbergis said Beijing "is not basing arguments on international law, just on power," in reference to sanctions he said China slaps on many Lithuanian companies operating in the world's second-largest economy.
"This is the problem of authoritarian countries. We don't consider this a normal way of interactions between countries," he said.
"This is a world based on power where one country with more power, more economic leverage can press any other actor in the international arena."
"This is a world based on power where one country with more power, more economic leverage can press any other actor in the international arena."
Landsbergis plans to visit Japan in December in what will be an opportunity for him to discuss China policy and other Indo-Pacific affairs with senior Japanese officials.
Landsbergis said "economic pressure" from Beijing poses a "test" for Lithuania, and that the case serves as a test of how democratic countries can assist each other in making China understand its coercive measures would not work, at least in the democratic world.
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