Michel Lu
Michel Lu
china close council criticized decision democracy determine guidelines opposed order people reaction reinforce relations respect revealed russia surprising unaware
Russia has close relations with China, so it's not surprising that it criticized Taiwan. However, Russia's reaction also revealed that it was unaware that China opposed the council and guidelines when they were first formulated, and also that Taiwan's decision was made in order to reinforce democracy and respect the right of the people to determine their own future.
continue existing send
We will continue to communicate through existing channels. We may send delegations abroad.
both clarify happened improve measures mistakes sides
Both sides should try to clarify what happened and take measures to improve on their mistakes.
activate created diplomatic inside ministry special
We created it inside the ministry for special issues. When there is a (major) diplomatic issue, we just activate it.
clear commit disguised military order personnel pirates time whether
We do not know whether these were pirates disguised as military personnel in order to commit the crime. We need more time to clear up the matter.
aid care whether
What we care about most is whether the aid is successful.
changing countries fear foreign quo status taiwan
Some foreign countries fear Taiwan is changing the status quo because they have insufficient information.
individual personal reasons
It is not to be used for personal reasons or by individual personalities.
accusation aid interfere local money programs
The accusation is unfair. All our aid programs are for local developments. We didn't use money to interfere in the local election. As a democracy, we will not do such a thing.
business china cultural decided diplomatic financial lure maintain political pressure relations restored
Under political pressure and lure of financial reward, Senegal has restored diplomatic relations with China and decided to maintain with us only economic, business and cultural ties,
good local money people respect taiwan
We respect the way the money...is used...but surveillance would not just be good for local people but also for Taiwan too.
appeal board crew members received
We received the appeal for help. There are about 20 crew members on board each ship.
continue information receive
We didn't receive such kind of information. We will continue our communications with the U.S..
wait
We have to wait for confirmation (of the reports) from our embassy. After this, we will see what we will do.