Taiwan reiterates commitment to cross-strait peace
ROC Central News Agency
2016/04/01 19:56:21
Taipei, April 1 (CNA) The Presidential Office on Friday reiterated President Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) commitment to promote peace across the Taiwan Strait, after the Taiwan issue was raised during a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).
During the meeting held on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Washington on Thursday, Xi urged the United States to continue to take substantial steps to maintain the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, according to China's official Xinhua news agency.
The two leaders also discussed issues related to the South China Sea.
Presidential Office spokesperson Ma Wei-kuo (馬瑋國) said the administration of President Ma has adhered to the "no unification, no independence, no use of force" approach to maintain the cross-strait status quo based on the Republic of China Constitution.
It has also been promoting the peaceful development of cross-strait ties on the basis of the "1992 consensus" of "one China, different interpretations," Ma said.
Over the past eight years, such a foundation has enabled the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to maintain close cultural and trade exchanges and build a high level of mutual trust, she said, adding that the peaceful and prosperous status quo across the strait has won the support of the majority of people in Taiwan.
As to the South China Sea issue, she said the "South China Sea Peace Initiative" put forth by the government last year can serve as a reference for Beijing and Washington.
(By Hsieh Chia-chen and Y.F. Low)
ENDITEM/ls
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
