Taiwan shares U.S. stance in opposing change of status quo: MOFA
ROC Central News Agency
2007-09-06 19:12:50
Taipei, Sept. 6 (CNA) Foreign Affairs Minister James Huang said Thursday that Taiwan shares the same stance as the United States in opposing a change of the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.
Huang was responding to Chinese President Hu Jintao's statement after his meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum leadership summit in Sydney, Australia earlier that day in which he explained to Bush the current situation in the Taiwan Strait. Bush was quoted by Hu as having clearly said the United States is firmly opposed to a change of the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.
Huang said Taiwan shares the U.S. stance and that it is China that is making every effort to try to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.
He said China has applied pressure on the U.N. Secretariat to make it misinterpret the U.N. Resolution 2758 to mean that "Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China." The resolution in 1971 gave the China seat in the world body to the PRC at the expense of the ROC -- Taiwan's official title.
Huang also pointed out that China has deployed more than 1,000 missiles along its coast opposite Taiwan. "The answer to who is attempting to change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait should be self-evident," Huang said.
Huang noted that Bush did not touch on the Taiwan issue after his meeting with Hu and said the ministry will continue to monitor the situation.
(By Lilian Wu)
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