reach any agreement with Russia about the region behind their backs, advisor Asta Skaisgiryte told

VILNIUS/ BEIJING( REUTERS)-Lithuania is to ask European leaders for help against Chinese pressure after the Vilnius delegation and its dependents left China in a hasty departure and amid denials from Beijing there were concerns for Lithuanian diplomats’ safety. China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania last month after the opening of a representative office by Taiwan in Vilnius under its own name. Lithuania’s diplomatic delegation to China left the country on Wednesday in a hastily arr