立陶宛被曝曾要求台湾驻维尔纽斯代表处更名 台湾外交部回应：目前没有更名计划
台北 — 台湾外交部次长陈明祺11月10日在立法院答询时表示，台湾驻立陶宛代表处的名称是双方为深化双边关系、经审慎协商达成共识后决定的，台湾目前没有更改这一名称的计划。此前一天，立陶宛媒体披露，立陶宛政府曾要求台湾方面更改该代表处的名称。
据立陶宛国家广播电视台11月9日援引立陶宛 Delfi 新闻网报道，立陶宛外交部代表9月24日向台湾驻立陶宛代表处负责人王雪虹递交一份非正式文件，要求在10月1日前把「台湾代表处」更名，并提出以此交换派遣副部长级代表团访问台北、开启投资与避免双重征税谈判。台湾驻立陶宛代表处方面此前对立陶宛媒体表示，无意更改名称。
台湾驻立陶宛代表处于2021年11月18日在维尔纽斯开设，是欧洲唯一在名称中使用「台湾」的台湾代表机构。开设之后，中国把与立陶宛的外交关系降为代办级并实施制裁，两国关系至今未恢复。立陶宛贸易代表处则于2022年11月7日在台北开设。
立陶宛现政府的施政纲领提出，要把与中国的外交代表级别恢复到其他欧盟成员国的水平。立陶宛总统 Gitanas Nausėda 此前表示，更名问题可以讨论，但立陶宛必须对可能的负面回应有所准备；立陶宛议会议长 Juozas Olekas 则表示，更名一事无需操之过急。
（来源：立陶宛国家广播电视台）
Lithuania Reportedly Asked Taiwan to Rename Its Vilnius Office; Taiwan's Foreign Ministry Says There Are No Plans to Change the Name
Taipei — Taiwan's Deputy Foreign Minister Chen Ming-chi told lawmakers on November 10 that the name of the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania was decided by consensus through careful consultation between the two sides with the goal of deepening bilateral ties, and that Taiwan currently has no plans to change it. A day earlier, Lithuanian media reported that the Lithuanian government had asked Taiwan to rename the office.
According to Lithuanian National Radio and Television on November 9, citing the Delfi news portal, Lithuanian foreign ministry representatives handed an informal document to Constance H. Wang, head of the Taiwanese Representative Office, on September 24, asking that the office be renamed by October 1. In exchange, Lithuania reportedly offered to send a deputy-ministerial delegation to Taipei and to open negotiations on investment and avoiding double taxation. The representative office had previously told Lithuanian media it did not intend to change the name.
The Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania opened in Vilnius on November 18, 2021, and is the only Taiwanese mission in Europe whose name uses 'Taiwanese.' After it opened, China downgraded its diplomatic relations with Lithuania to the chargé d'affaires level and imposed sanctions, and relations have not been restored. The Lithuanian Trade Representative Office in Taipei opened on November 7, 2022.
The current Lithuanian government's programme calls for restoring diplomatic representation with China to the level maintained by other European Union member states. President Gitanas Nausėda has said a name change can be discussed, but warned Lithuania must be prepared for a possible negative response; Seimas Speaker Juozas Olekas has said there is no need to rush a renaming.
(Source: Lithuanian National Radio and Television)
来源：立陶宛国家广播电视台
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