In the interests of safety, the administration stressed that the government by no means encourages fishermen to take matters into their own hands. In addition to already having issued a letter of protest to the Japanese authorities, the ROC government has expressed through diplomatic channels its willingness to resume negotiations, and the Japanese have agreed to begin talks in late July.
基於保護漁民的安全，行政院表示，政府絕對不鼓勵漁民做不必要的自力救濟，政府除了向日方遞交抗議書，也已透過外交管道表達重啟談判的意願，日本也同意將在 7 月底啟動談判。