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HISTORIC MOMENT: Hu, Lien meet in Beijing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-29 15:49 Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said in Beijing Friday that people from
both sides across the Taiwan Straits should show the world capability and wisdom
in addressing disputes and other problems.
HISTORIC HANDSHAKE:
CPC General Secretary Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with visiting KMT
chairman Lien Chan in Beijing April 29, 2005. Lien is on an 8-day historic
mainland visit. He has visited Nanjing and will continue his visit to
Xi'an and Shanghai after Beijing. [Xinhua]
| Hu said he is very glad to have a
"historic meeting" with Lien Chan, adding the meeting indicated that exchanges
between the two parties have entered "a new development stage" and reflected
their common determination and sincerity to boost cross-Straits relations.
In his meeting with visiting Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party Chairman
Lien Chan, Hu said that both CPC and KMT need to carefully study real thinking
of the people across the Straits and follow the prevailing trend of public
opinions.
"Both of us should jointly strive for peace and stability in order to create
the great revitalization of the Chinese nation,"Hu said.
Hu said the Chinese mainland has, for many times, extended welcome to
delegations of political parties and groups in Taiwan to come for exchanges and
dialogs for improvement and developmentof relations across the Taiwan Straits.
Hu said the "historic meeting" between him and Chairman Lien Chan marked that
exchanges between the two parties have entered "a new development stage" and
reflected their common determination and sincerity to boost cross-Straits
relations.
CPC General
Secretary Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with visiting KMT chairman Lien Chan
in Beijing April 29, 2005. [Reuters] | This common
step taken by the two parties will "go down in the history of the development of
cross-Straits relations," said Hu. This is the first meeting between top leaders
of the two parties in six decades.
Lien offered reconciliation
in his meeting with Hu, saying "we cannot change the past, but we can grasp
the opportunities of the future."
"We proceed today to achieve happiness and benefits for
people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, with goodwill and on the basis of
mutual trust," Lien said during a meeting with Hu Jintao, general secretary of
the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.
This is the first meeting between top leaders of the two parties in 60 years.
He called for efforts to avoid confrontation and conflicts, and "seek
reconciliation and dialog."
Lien spoke highly of Hu's four-point guideline on cross-Straits relations
proposed in early March, saying it is a "call for peace" and is positive in
guiding the development of cross-Straits ties.
The meeting, held in the Great Hall of the People in downtown Beijing, is the
first between top leaders of the two parties in 60 years.
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