Taiwan urged to be sincere in official's visit
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-31 11:07 BEIJING -- A Chinese mainland official has
described further negotiations and correspondence with the Taiwan authorities as
"meaningless" if they have no "sincerity" in responding to the mainland's
requests to send a delegation to an agricultural forum on the island.
Taiwan's Foundation for Exchanges Across the Taiwan Straits had sent another
letter to the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
regarding the planned visit of Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Work Office
of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
An official with the association said it had made clear and concise replies
to the letters, which were received on Aug. 21 and 29.
"The comment of our association's spokesman on August 28 was released under
authorization, which stated clearly and completely the mainland's stance on
Chen's visit to Taiwan and the agricultural forum planned by the CPC and the
Kuomintang Party," the official said.
"The key point of the issue clearly remains the attitude of the Taiwan
authorities in allowing the forum to be held in Taipei and accepting Chen's
delegation.
"If the answer is no, it would be meaningless to send more documents, make
more comments and do more preliminary negotiations, which we think is a
distraction and a delay," the official said.
If the Taiwan authorities were sincere, they should treat the issue carefully
and respond as clearly and as soon as possible, he said.
A mainland spokesman said Monday the mainland hoped the Taiwan authorities
would allow a delegation headed by Chen Yunlin to attend an agricultural forum
As a part of the inter-party exchanges, the forum was scheduled by the CPC
and Kuomintang for last October. Chen's application was rejected last year
because of the suspension of negotiations between the two sides since 2000.
The spokesman insisted Chen's delegation would be involved in no issues other
than agricultural cooperation, and would have nothing to do with the resumption
of cross-Straits negotiations or other talks.
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