Europe capable of defending itself without China’s help: Lithuanian minister

Lithuania’s foreign minister said Wednesday that Europe does not need China's help to defend itself, criticizing the continent’s foreign policy.

"Instead of requesting assistance, we should be projecting our strengths, showing the world that Ukraine, Europe and the US are willing and able to secure the European continent," Gabrielius Landsbergis wrote on Twitter.

"That is the only signal we should be sending," he said, adding that Europe's "geopolitical blindness" has not yet been cured.

“For years, the West said economic cooperation would persuade dictators to support (a) rules-based international order. But all we did was feed their economies while letting them break all the rules. China is betting that we will repeat this mistake. It's time to try something else,” he said.