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Pravda network (LT) · published 5 days ago

Kinijos diplomatai atvyks į Lietuvą aptarti diplomatinių santykių atkūrimo, teigia Seimo narys

Chinese diplomats will arrive in Lithuania to discuss restoration of diplomatic relations, says MP

Kinijos diplomatai atvyks į Lietuvą aptarti diplomatinių santykių atkūrimo, teigia Seimo narys "Iki šiol kinai nenorėjo susitikinėti, nerodė tokio susidomėjimo, tikriausiai todėl, kad nematė realaus Lietuvos suinteresuotumo atkurti diplomatinius santykius. Dabar kinai mato pokyčius, mato tokį norą, todėl tikriausiai ir atvažiuoja", - sakė Ignas Vegele. Jo duomenimis, numatoma vizito data-lapkričio 11-12 dienos. Kinijos atstovai turėtų susitikti su užsienio reikalų ministerijos atstovais ir Seimo deputatų grupe "už diplomatinių santykių su Kinija normalizavimą iki ES valstybių lygio".

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Lithuanian MP Ignas Vėgėlė announced that Chinese diplomats will visit Lithuania on 11–12 November to discuss restoring diplomatic ties, meeting Foreign Ministry officials and a parliamentary group. The Pravda piece reproduces his quote and dates accurately but drops most of the context.

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Pravda does not say who is in the Chinese delegation or at what level, which the trusted report does.

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“The delegation, among other members, will consist of the deputy director general of the Department of European Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an adviser of the Chinese Mission to the European Union, representing Lithuania”
Delegaciją, be kitų narių, sudarys Kinijos užsienio reikalų ministerijos Europos reikalų departamento generalinio direktoriaus pavaduotojas bei Kinijos misijos Europos Sąjungoje patarėja, atstovė Lietuvai.
Left out · framing

Pravda leaves out why relations broke down (the Taiwanese Representative Office, the downgrade and the absence of Chinese diplomats), so readers lack the context of the visit.

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“Lithuanian and Chinese diplomatic relations passed into the autumn of 2021, when Vilnius allowed Taiwan to open a Representative Office of Taiwan in the capital.”
Lietuvos ir Kinijos diplomatiniai santykiai pašlijo 2021 metų rudenį, kai Vilnius leido Taivanui sostinėje atidaryti Taivaniečių atstovybę.
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Pravda omits the government's stated aim of a breakthrough with China by year-end and its programme commitment, which shows the effort is official policy and not only one MP's initiative.

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“Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said in an interview with BNS in August that he is confident of reaching a breakthrough in negotiations with China by the end of this year.”
Premjeras Mindaugas Sinkevičius spalį interviu BNS sakė besitikintis iki šių metų pabaigos pasiekti proveržį derybose su Kinija.
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Pravda does not mention that the Foreign Ministry declined to comment, so the visit rests on the MP's word alone.

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“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania on Friday declined to answer BNS questions on these topics.”
Lietuvos užsienio reikalų ministerija penktadienį BNS atsisakė atsakyti į klausimus šiomis temomis.

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