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MAC declines to comment on Beijing's military overtures

ROC Central News Agency

2010/07/30 18:43:12

Taipei, July 30 (CNA) The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) declined to comment Friday on remarks made by China's defense spokesman, who said the Chinese mainland would discuss the removal of guided missiles targeting Taiwan under the "one China" principle "at a proper time."

On the missile removal remarks made by Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng earlier that day, MAC Vice Chairman Liu Te-shun said the council cannot make any comment on it without seeing a complete written version of what Geng had said.

Geng said at a press conference in Beijing that the Chinese mainland would agree to discuss matters with Taiwan, including military security and mutual trust across the Taiwan Strait and removing the missiles so long as the discussions are conducted under the "one China" principle and "at a proper time."

The Chinese defense spokesman said that in order to solve the missile deployment issue, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should first build a military mutual trust mechanism, and that discussions on the establishment of the mechanism should be conducted under the "one China" principle.

Liu said that Taiwan will currently focus on economic exchanges with China and that he believes after business and trade issues are tackled, a good climate will arise for the two sides to talk about other matters, including building a military mutual trust mechanism across the Taiwan Strait.

(By Liu Cheng-ching and Deborah Kuo)

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