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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12848

8 December 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 31
EXTERNAL ACTION / China
Slovakia in turn defies Beijing by strengthening ties with Taiwan
Brussels, 07/12/2021 (Agence Europe)

Visiting Taiwan on 6 December, the State Secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Economy, Karol Galek, said: “Slovakia supports Taiwan”. He also added that the two partners were ready to work together as “small but open economies”. 

Slovakia is thus positioning itself alongside Lithuania to challenge China, which considers the island of Taiwan to be one of its provinces. 

Since 3 December, Vilnius has accused China of blocking Lithuanian imports at customs. The European Commission...

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