Lithuania quits China’s 17+1 Cooperation
- On 23rd May, 2021, Lithuania announced that it is quitting the China-led “17+1” grouping by blaming the platform ‘divisive’ from the European Union’s perspective.
- The Baltic country urged fellow EU members to pursue “a much more effective 27+1 approach and communication with China.”
About 17+1 Initiative
- The 17+1 (China and Central and Eastern Europe Countries) initiative is a China-led format founded in 2012 in Budapest with an aim to expand cooperation between Beijing and the CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) member countries, with investments and trade for the development of the CEE region.
- The framework focuses on infrastructure projects such as bridges, ....
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