Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) today said that diplomacy should transcend party lines and serve Taiwan's national interests, ahead of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun's (鄭麗文) planned visit to the US next week.
Lin made the remarks ahead of a Legislative Yuan Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee hearing.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
Speaking to reporters before the meeting, Lin said diplomacy should not be divided along partisan lines, but should represent Taiwan's national interests.
He said he hoped Cheng's visit would convey the government's policy position, adding that peace must be backed by strength and that both the government and the public are firmly committed to defending the nation.
Cheng is expected to depart for the US on Monday next week, traveling to major East and West Coast cities, with the trip focused on the "normalization of peace" in the Taiwan Strait, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday.
Lin said China is the side undermining peace and altering the "status quo" through force and coercion, and urged unity in Taiwan to avoid falling into Beijing's "united front" efforts, pressure tactics and military intimidation.
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