The Chairman of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits or ARATS, Chen Yunlin, has met with Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou.
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Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou (R) meets with chief of mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Chen Yunlin in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan Province, Nov. 6, 2008.[Xinhua Photo] |
The meeting began at 11 A-M this morning at a hotel in Taipei. Officials of ARATS' Taiwan counterpart, the Straits Exchange Foundation or SEF, were also present.
Ma Ying-jeou reviewed the development of exchanges between the organizations during the past years. He called this week's first-ever ARATS-SEF meeting in Taipei significant. Ma and Chen spoke together for five minutes, and also exchanged gifts.
(CCTV November 7, 2008)
