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Chen's separatist policies widely condemned
(China Daily/Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-03-02 05:41
The international community has expressed its anxieties and opposition to
Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's move to cease Taiwan's "National Unification
Council" and "Guidelines on Unification."
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday that it viewed
"with the utmost seriousness" the Taiwanese move. "We think such decisions will
frustrate efforts to maintain peace and stability in the region," it said.
EU foreign policy chief's spokeswoman, Christina Gallach, described Chen's
move as "provocative."
Meanwhile, governments and leaders from other countries, including Greece,
the Philippines, the Laos, Niger, the Democratic People's Republic of the Congo
and Mali, etc, also expressed their opposition to Chen's acts.
Also yesterday, leaders of the Chinese mainland's non-Communist parties and
All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce gathered in Beijing to lambaste
Chen's moves.
Chen is plotting to gamble with cross-Straits peace and the interests of the
Taiwan people, which is detrimental to the fundamental interests of the Chinese
nation, a speaker said.
Taiwan compatriots residing on the Chinese mainland Wednesday also criticized
Chen Shui-bian for his decision to scrap the council and guidelines.
It is a grave provocation to the one-China policy universally recognized by
the international community and to the peace and stability across the Taiwan
Strait, said a leading official of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League
(TDSGL) Central Committee, one of the eight non-Communist parties.
The cross-strait relations have been developing in a peaceful and stable way
since last year by efforts of the people on both sides. However Chen goes
against the trend by overtly breaking his own promises, said the official.
A leader of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots said despite
strong opposition from people across the Taiwan Strait and the international
community, Chen made the decision on Feb. 27.
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