Randall Schriver in closed-door talks with Wang, Chen

When asked by Schriver whether there would be a chance for Chen to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), Chen said "the decision rests not with me or Taiwan alone but with China's sincerity in resolving mutual issues of concern and with not placing `one China' and the non-existent `1992 consensus' as pre-conditions."

Schriver stepped down from his State Department post in May and now works at a consulting firm run by former US deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage.

He arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for his four-day visit at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Aside from meeting the president, Premier Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) and senior officials from the foreign and defense ministries, Schriver has also visited Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九).