BEIJING, May 29 (Xinhua) -- The Taiwan-based Straits
Exchange Foundation (SEF) has accepted an invitation for talks with the
mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS),
Taiwan media reported on Thursday.
SEF Chairman Chiang Pin-kun said he "expected that
chairmen of the two sides could sign agreement on related issues on June 13".
The ARATS sent an invitation letter earlier on
Thursday to SEF chairman Chiang Pin-kun and vice-chairman and secretary-general
Kao Koong-lian to lead a delegation to Beijing from June 11 to 14 for talks on
cross-Strait weekend chartered flights and mainland tourist travel to Taiwan.
"We hope the talks will make progress on the two
issues to meet the expectations of people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait,"
the letter said.
Chiang said he would write a letter at once to the
ARATS to express his willingness to attend the talks, local media reported.
He welcomed the invitation and said, "This is a new
starting point for two sides' interactions sine 1999."
Jiang had instructed vice chairman Kao Koong-lian to
organize the team for talks.
The two topics have been discussed by related trade
organizations many times and some consensus had been reached, he said.
"I hope the two sides can complete negotiations
sincerely and quickly so as to enable cross-Strait weekend chartered flights to
start and mainland tourists to visit Taiwan soon," he said.
Mainland-based association invites
Taiwan counterpart for talks
BEIJING,
May 29 (Xinhua) -- The mainland-based Association for Relations Across the
Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Thursday sent a letter to the Taiwan-based Strait Exchange
Foundation (SEF), inviting them for talks. Full story
KMT Chairman: Party exchanges across
Taiwan Strait to play important role
BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Exchanges between the
Kuomintang (KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) will play an important
role in the relations across the Taiwan Strait, according to visiting KMT
Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung.Full story
Hu says opportunity for cross-Strait
relations should be
cherished
BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua)
-- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Hu Jintao
met with Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung at the Great Hall of the People
in Beijing on Wednesday afternoon.Full story
KMT chairman: Efforts will avert
cross-Strait
conflict
BEIJING, May 28
(Xinhua) -- Visiting Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung said here Wednesday
that natural disasters were unavoidable for both the mainland and Taiwan, "but
we could promise that through concerted efforts, no war would occur across the
Taiwan Strait."Full story
KMT chairman: mainland-Taiwan talks to
resume soon
BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) --
The Mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS)
and the Taiwan-based Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) will resume talks as soon
as possible, Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung told a press conference
here on Wednesday. Full story
