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Taiwan, China lack conditions for unification: President Ma

ROC Central News Agency

2016/03/26 17:23:55

Taipei, March 26 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has said in a recent media interview that both he and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) are well aware that the conditions for the unification of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are lacking at present.

Ma told CNN that mainland China certainly desires unification and has never given up on the idea, according to a Chinese transcript of the interview released Saturday by the Presidential Office.

However, the mainland is willing to develop relations with Taiwan peacefully on the basis of the 1992 consensus of "one China, different interpretations" because it knows that pushing for immediate unification would not achieve good results and would even have serious consequences, Ma said.

During his historic meeting with Xi in Singapore last November, Ma said, he let Xi understand that the "one China, different interpretations" model adhered to by the Republic of China (Taiwan) will not be interpreted as "two Chinas," "one China, one Taiwan" or "Taiwan independence."

"Our interpretation is of course based on our Constitution, which can only be 'the Republic of China,'" he said, adding that the model has provided a very appropriate and mutually acceptable basis for cross-strait relations over the past eight years.

(By Claudia Liu and Y.F. Low)
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