Taiwan's "UN membership referendum" will cause tension, Premier says
18/3/2008 17:32
Taiwan authorities' attempt on "UN membership referendum" will cause
tension across the Taiwan Straits, said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing
today.
The "referendum" will deny the reality that Taiwan and the mainland
belong to one China, he said at a press conference after China's parliament
ended its first annual full session.
It will jeopardize relations across the
Straits, harm the fundamental interests of people on both sides, and threat
peace across the Straits and even in the Asia-Pacific region, he
said.
Premier Wen reiterated that all issues concerning China's sovereignty
and territorial integrity should be decided by all Chinese people, including
Taiwan compatriots.
"No one could ever succeed in the attempt to separate
Taiwan from China and such kind of attempts is doomed to fail," he
said.
Admitting that the situation in Taiwan is "in a sensitive stage," the
Premier said what interests him most is to maintain peace and stability across
the Straits and promote common development on both sides.
This should be the
mainstream and main chord in growing cross-Straits relations, he said.
On the
precondition of one China, the mainland hopes to restore peace talks as soon as
possible, the Premier said, "In such negotiations, whatever topics could be put
on the table, including such important issues as putting an end to the state of
hostility between the two sides."
Xinhua
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