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LHASA Mike Williams Chargers Jersey , Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- China Everbright Bank opened a branch in Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday, which will support the region's economic development with heavy financing over the next five years.


China Everbright Group and the bank's Lhasa branch signed strategic cooperation agreements with the regional and Lhasa municipal governments respectively. It is the 17th financial institution operating in the autonomous region.


In the next five years, China Everbright Bank, a national joint-stock commercial bank, will provide financial support of at least 50 billion yuan (7.6 billion U.S. dollars) for the region's infrastructure Kyzir White Chargers Jersey , key industries, poverty reduction and social development, said Wu Fulin, deputy general manager of China Everbright Group.


Tibet's financing sector has grown rapidly in recent years. Currently, the region has banks Derwin James Chargers Jersey , securities, insurance, trust and small-loan firms.


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VILNIUS, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned Russian ambassador and handed a diplomatic note expressing protest over what it claimed as "a violation of the Lithuanian airspace".


The incident took place in the evening of Sept. 16 Jahleel Addae Chargers Jersey , according to the ministry.


"Two Russian military aircrafts IL-76 entered Lithuania's airspace and stayed there for up to 2 minutes," said the ministry in a press release.


The two military planes were flying from mainland Russia to its exclave of Kaliningrad, bordering Southern Lithuania, said the ministry. Lithuania, a small Baltic country with a population of less than 3 million Keenan Allen Chargers Jersey , is the Eastern flank member country of NATO.


The Lithuanian foreign ministry "expressed its protest to the Russian ambassador and requested competent Russian authorities to provide and explanation over the incident as soon as possible."


The incident took place during the Zapad 2017 military drill, held by Russia and Belarus on the border with Lithuania, Poland and Belarus.


Vytautas Bakas, the chair of the parliamentary committee for national security and defense, said the incident shouldn't be a surprise for military officials Melvin Ingram Chargers Jersey , politicians or Lithuanian public.


"This shouldn't be a surprise given the large scope of the exercise," Bakas told local media.


The Russian defense ministry has repeatedly stated that flights by Russia's Aerospace Forces are carried out "in strict accordance" with international regulations on the use of airspace over neutral waters, according to a report by Sputnik.


A week of strategic military exercise Zapad 2017 officially started on Thursday last week.


Currently, the Baltic skies at the Eastern flank of NATO are being policed by the U.S. rotational Air Force. Last month the United States has deployed seven fighter jets F-15C Eagle at Siauliai air base, Northern Lithuania Joey Bosa Chargers Jersey , to take over the air policing mission. In recent two years, usually four allied fighter jets would conduct air policing missions from Lithuania.


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