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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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