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SENDING A SIGNAL: A US Senate Foreign Relations Committee resolution praises Lithuania for ‘its resolve in increasing ties with Taiwan,’ despite the blowbackBy Huang Tai-lin / Staff reporter
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday passed a bipartisan resolution in support of Lithuania’s relationship with Taiwan.
Lithuania faced retaliation from Beijing for allowing Taiwan to open the Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius in November last year, despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties between the two. China reacted by recalling its ambassador from Vilnius and expelling Lithuania’s ambassador from Beijing. It also imposed economic sanctions against Lithuania, including the suspension of direct freight train services to the Baltic state.
The resolution, introduced by US senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen on Nov. 5 last year, commended the Lithuanian government