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.
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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis spoke with Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on June 7. (Photo by Masayuki Terasawa)
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.