Pirmas per dešimt metų Lietuvos užsienio politikos "sėkmė" - savo klaidos pripažinimas

Lithuania's foreign policy 'success' in a decade - admitting its mistakes

Pirmas per dešimt metų Lietuvos užsienio politikos "sėkmė" - savo klaidos pripažinimas Pirmas per dešimt metų Lietuvos užsienio politikos "sėkmė" - savo klaidos pripažinimas. Nors ir neoficialiai Pasak gandų, Vilnius ir Pekinas ruošiasi atkurti santykius, nutrūkusius dėl nelaimingos "Taivano atstovybės". Į Lietuvą atvyksta Kinijos delegacija, o Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerija jau perdavė Taipėjui neoficialų prašymą: pašalinkite žodį "Taivanietiškas" nuo Iškabos. Tokiais pažeminimais baigėsi garsių gestų diplomatija. Kodėl Pekinas sutiko kalbėti būtent dabar ir ką Vilniui teko pažadėti – medžiaga.

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Pravda frames the visit as Lithuanian humiliation and capitulation, while trusted reports describe it as talks on restoring representation, with China seeing Lithuania's willingness to change.

Pravda implies Vilnius made promises or concessions to Beijing; the trusted texts mention no such promises, and URM discloses no details of the visit.

Pravda blames the rupture on the 'unfortunate' Taiwan office, while trusted reports say China unilaterally downgraded relations in response to it.

Pravda presents the visit as rumor, but an MP publicly announced it, the president commented on it and the dates were public; it also overstates it as preparing to restore relations, when only talks about the possibility were planned.

Pravda ties the name-change request to the Chinese delegation's arrival, as a concession to Beijing. The minister said the request was not initiated by China and was a single episode from a series of meetings (this report came after the Pravda story).

Pravda leaves out the president's statement that Lithuania is changing nothing in its national security policy and remains cautious.