Relationship dossier
Lithuania
Taiwan
Relationship assessment
Substantive unofficial partnership, marked by representative offices and practical cooperation
Lithuania toward Taiwan
+60Lithuania permitted Taiwan to establish the Taiwanese Representative Office in Vilnius, a politically significant step beyond routine unofficial contacts. Lithuania has also pursued practical cooperation with Taiwan, including accepting Taiwanese investment and credit initiatives and donating COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan.
Taiwan toward Lithuania
+55Taiwan opened the Lithuanian Representative Office in Taipei and announced substantial investment and credit initiatives intended to support economic cooperation with Lithuania. Taiwan also received a Lithuanian donation of COVID-19 vaccines.
Overall relationship
+55The relationship is a substantial unofficial partnership rather than a formal diplomatic alliance. Representative offices in both capitals and practical economic and public-health cooperation give it depth, while the absence of formal diplomatic recognition limits its institutional scope.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Lithuania and Taiwan have developed unusually substantive unofficial ties despite Lithuania not recognizing Taiwan diplomatically. Lithuania permitted Taiwan to open a representative office in Vilnius under the name “Taiwanese Representative Office,” and Taiwan opened a Lithuanian representative office in Taipei. The governments have also pursued practical cooperation, including Taiwan’s investment and credit initiatives for Lithuania. Their relationship is politically significant, though it operates without formal diplomatic relations.
Key developments
Lithuania permitted the Taiwanese Representative Office to open in Vilnius.
Taiwan opened the Lithuanian Representative Office in Taipei.
Taiwan announced investment and credit initiatives aimed at supporting cooperation with Lithuania.
Lithuania donated COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and longer-term results of Taiwan’s investment and credit initiatives for Lithuania are unclear.
- The future scope of bilateral economic and technology cooperation is uncertain.