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OPINION / VIEWPOINT
By Gu Xinyang Published: May 31, 2021 05:58 PM
Participants attend the 5th China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) 17+1 High-level Tourism Forum in Riga, Latvia, on Oct. 23, 2019. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua)A series of events involving China and European countries took place lately, bringing their relations right into the spotlight.
Foreign ministers from four European countries - Poland, Serbia, Ireland and Hungary - paid a visit to China from Saturday to Monday.
Ahead of their visit, China s top diplomat Yang Jiechi visited Slovenia and Croatia last week. During his visit, Yang called on implementing the results of the China-Central and Eastern European Countries Summit.
Without Lithuania, the China-CEEC cooperation mechanism will have less interference and will become more pragmatic. Unlike ideology, under the China-CEEC cooperation mechanism, what is more important is tangible outcomes, rather than the number of countries involved in it. There is no problem with Lithuania’s withdrawal from the mechanism. But we suggest the country should keep away from China’s core interests. Lithuania is not qualified to attack China and this is not the way a small country should act.
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