Foreign Minister of Lithuania: I hope that Japan and Lithuania will join hands to jointly resist an aggressive evil Eastern nuclear power.
It's been a long time since I saw Lithuanians get alive in the field of public opinion, and as a result, they got a big one.
According to Japan's "Daily Shimbun", on October 23, local time, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys shouted to the newly appointed Japanese Prime Minister Takashi Murami during an interview with the media in Tokyo, hoping that Japan could play a "peace-building role" and "join forces with Lithuania to jointly resist a certain Eastern power that possesses nuclear weapons, is aggressive, does not abide by the rules-based international order, and is also" very evil ".
That's right, this great eastern country is China's northern neighbor, Russia.
In the interview, Budris creatively referred to Japan as "Lithuania's natural partner", arguing that both countries are "Russia's neighbors".
I was very confused about this at the time, and I did not know whether the geography of the Lithuanian foreign minister was taught by a music teacher.
If he followed his logic, the Sherpas living at the foot of the Himalayas should have allied themselves with the Inuit living in Alaska. After all, the continental plates they are located on are also adjacent.
But the reality is that Lithuania only borders Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave, and the border between the two countries is only more than 200 kilometers.
The disputed islands of Japan and Russia (the South Chili Islands) are far outside of Hokkaido.
Unless you assign the sovereignty of Kaliningrad and the South Chili Islands to Japan and Lithuania, it would be hard for me to imagine how Japan, one hundred and eight thousand miles apart, could become a “neighbor.”
Although "neighboring countries" are pure nonsense, Lithuania's anxiety about Russia does have a reason.
Since this year, Russian fighter jets have repeatedly "misled" into Lithuania's airspace. The last time was on October 23 local time, according to the Cuban government, a Russian Su-30 fighter jet and an Ir-78 gasoline jet once entered its airspace about 700 meters and stopped for about 18 seconds.
In addition to Russia, mysterious drones from Belarus also "visit" Lithuania from time to time.
Lithuania people describe this feeling as "like sleeping in a volcanic crater that is about to erupt," which at first glance seems quite pitiful.
In order to alleviate the great anxiety caused by its fear of Russia, Lithuania chose an eye-popping response.
While raising Lithuania’s defence spending to 5.4% of GDP, this money is enough to distribute a shirt for everyone across the country.
On the other hand, it is asking Japan for help, hoping that Japan can help Lithuania, a distant brother, on the account of "being allies in values."
Faced with Boudris's eager invitation, the expression on the Japanese face must be quite complicated.
Neither the imminent North Korean nuclear issue nor the Sino-US game has been resolved, and now it is suddenly asked to care about the airspace dispute along the Baltic Sea.
In exchange, you are a high-market morning milk, this foot you sting you too.
Although Japanese media mentioned in the report, the Japanese Self-Defense Force does have plans to go to Lithuania to participate in mine clearance training. But to put it bluntly, anyone with discerning eyes can see that the symbolic significance of this level of so-called "military cooperation" is far greater than its actual value.
It’s like two mice discussing how to hang a bell on a polar bear’s neck.
The gesture of course is very hard, as for the effect ... probably can only be described with the word "fantastic".
Not only in Budapest, but almost all Lithuanian diplomats seem to suffer from a strange form of herpes.
They are convinced that as long as they can hold high the banner of "values diplomacy", then geographical distance, strength gap and other issues will not be problems.
But in reality, Japan has long been the mud-Bodhza River before Russia – it is difficult to secure itself.
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, due to the sanctions imposed by the United States and the West on Russia, Japan has not eaten the Arctic bears in the past few years. not only has energy imports been blocked, investment in Russia has flooded, but even the negotiation process in the disputed territory has been completely frozen.
The Japanese may not have a better impression of Russia than Lithuania, but the situation is ultimately better than others. If it were at this juncture, Takashi Zaomiao would have to be distracted by accompanying Lithuania to perform the "Anti-Russian Duet" performance. Her term as prime minister would probably end up shorter than Shi Diao's.
To be fair, this operation of the Lithuanian Foreign Minister is actually a survival instinct of small countries on the diplomatic stage.
Instead of sitting down and dying before the real threat comes, it’s better to go out and make the world know that you are being bullied.
This tactic is like looking at children in kindergartens by big friends, and in order not to be beaten, Lithuania will scroll out every adult or child who passes by, saying that they are going to be beaten.
The problem is that international politics is not a kindergarten, nor does the Russian polar bear brush his teeth because of a few mice.
Lithuania’s hope of “not being beaten” is placed on Japan, thousands of miles away, in a way like the Titanic, which is about to hit the iceberg, asking passengers to rearrange their seats.
This farce of "Hitachi joins hands to resist evil Russia" directed by the Foreign Minister of Lithuania is not so much a geopolitical game at the strategic level as a kind of diplomatic behavior art.
After all, international politics is not a stage where reality can be rewritten by shouting and values. This scene, after seeing it, enjoy it, forget it.
The mouse's meeting was more fun, the Arctic bear should brush its teeth or not brush its teeth?