Lithuania Opens Taipei Trade Office Monday, SCMP Says

(Bloomberg) -- Lithuania is set to open its first representative office in Taiwan this week, setting the course for further tensions with Beijing, the South China Morning Post reported.

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The Baltic state’s trade representative office in Taipei is slated to start operations Monday, the report said, quoting Jovita Neliupsience, vice-minister for the economy and innovation.

Paulius Lukauskas, an adviser to the prime minister, has been appointed its first representative to Taiwan, the paper said in an article on Sunday citing an announcement from the Lithuanian ministry and confirmation from the Taiwanese foreign ministry.

Beijing downgraded its official ties with Lithuania after the latter permitted Taiwan to open a semi-official body in Vilnius in November.

(Corrects date of office opening to Monday in headline, second paragraph)

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