Hostility should end, Xi tells KMT
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XI Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China, said yesterday that hostility across the Taiwan Strait should end and a peace agreement reached through talks based on the one-China principle.
Xi was speaking while meeting a delegation led by Hung Hsiu-chu, leader of Taiwan’s Kuomintang party.
“We have always advocated talks, on the basis of the one-China principle, to put an end to hostility across the Strait and reach a peace agreement,” Xi said.
Xi said the one-China principle is at the core of the 1992 Consensus, which affirms that both sides belong to one and the same China. “Changes in Taiwan’s political landscape cannot change the historical facts underlying, and the core connotation of, the 1992 Consensus,” he said.
“Whether the 1992 Consensus is acknowledged or not raises the essential question of whether the mainland and Taiwan belong to one country or two,” Xi said. “When it comes to this cardinal issue of right or wrong, not the slightest obscurity or wavering is allowed in our stand.
“To ensure national integrity and protect the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation is the common will of all Chinese people,” Xi told the delegation.
Xi said China resolutely opposes “Taiwan independence” and both sides should “continue to push forward cooperation in all fields.”
He made a six-point proposal on cross-Strait relations:
Adhere to the 1992 Consensus, which affirms the one-China principle;
Resolutely oppose forces supporting “Taiwan independence” and their activities;
Promote integrated social and economic development of cross-Strait societies;
Work together to carry forward Chinese culture;
Boost the well-being of people across the Taiwan Strait;
Dedicate to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in concerted efforts.
Taiwan’s opposition party leader told Xi the KMT is pushing for peace with the mainland and it holds out the possibility of a peace pact.
Hung said the KMT would play an active role in pushing for the “institutionalization” of peaceful relations between the two sides and for the possibility of a peace pact.
Relations between the mainland and Taiwan have deteriorated since the island’s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party took power in May.
The previous KMT administration agreed to recognize the 1992 Consensus, which states there is only one China.
Today, hundreds of representatives from the two sides will gather for a forum on peaceful development to discuss issues from politics to economics, culture, social issues and youth.
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