China-Taiwan relations: exchange between a journalist & UN Sec-Gen spokesperson Martin Nesirky at the noon media briefing Tuesday 11 February: Question: Okay. A very significant development took place today in the Chinese city of Nanjing, where the representatives of the two parties, China and Taiwan, met and agreed for the first time ever, since the revolution of 1949, to set up representative offices. Does the Secretary-General welcome this significant and historic development? Spokesperson: Well, certainly, he’s aware of these talks that have been taking place and I’m sure that we’ll have something further to say on that. In general terms, any rapprochement, any dialogue is better than the alternative and if we have anything further to say, I will let you know...
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:30:26 +0000
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