TOKYO -- Lithuania's foreign minister urged other Eastern European nations to follow his country's lead and withdraw from China's "17+1" economic cooperation bloc with the region.
Gabrielius Landsbergis told Nikkei Asia in an interview on Tuesday in Tokyo that the framework, which Beijing values as a cornerstone of its Belt and Road Initiative influence in the region, has not been beneficial for its members. Lithuania left the bloc in May 2021.
