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Taiwan watching development of Obama-Xi summit

ROC Central News Agency

2013/06/08 10:50:27

Taipei, June 8 (CNA) Taiwan is monitoring closely the development of the first summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday.

With strong mutual trust and smooth channels of communication between Taipei and Washington, the government has stayed on top of the situation, ministry spokeswoman Anna Kao said.

The U.S. side will also provide briefings to Taiwan after the meeting, Kao said, stressing that Taiwan-U.S. relations will continue to move forward on a 'low-profile, zero-surprise' basis.

She, however, would not disclose if the U.S. government has informed Taiwan of the issues to be discussed at the meeting.

Obama and Xi opened a two-day summit in California Friday, the first of its kind between the two leaders since Xi became president in March.

Issues on the top of the U.S. agenda are expected to include China's alleged cyberspying on the United States and North Korea's nuclear threats.

The Chinese side, meanwhile, is likely to express concern over business discrimination in U.S. markets and U.S. efforts to expand influence in the Asia-Pacific region.

It remains to be seen if the two leaders will touch upon the Taiwan issue.

(By Chen Pei-huang and Y.F. Low)
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