Wed, Feb 04, 2004 - Page 1 News List

President calls for demilitarized zone

PLAN FOR PEACE Chen Shui-bian said he wants to create a buffer zone between Taiwan and China that would be free of combat personnel, equipment and missiles

By Lin Chieh-yu  /  STAFF REPORTER

Chen said he would stick to promises made over the past four years, in particular the "five noes" issued in his inauguration speech.

"The peaceful status quo of the Taiwan Strait will not be changed in the next four years, and the administration will implement all reforms, including the rewriting of the Constitution, on the basis of maintaining the status quo," he said.

"A promise is a promise, there is no such thing as a new or an old one," Chen said. "I will not offer one script in 2000 and then another one in 2004."

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