The nation's second highest official furtively flying off to foreign soil to engage in "secret diplomacy" brought varying reactions: Some members of the media described his departure as a virtually supernatural "disappearance," and the opposition questioned if such a mission wasn't better suited to a secret ambassador than a high-ranking executive official, at least until there was a major foreign-relations breakthrough with Ukraine.
對於連戰以副元首的身分到他國訪問，卻要躲躲藏藏，進行「秘密外交」，許多媒體以「神遁」和「消失」形容，在野黨也質疑這是秘密特使的工作，不宜由行政地位如此高的官員去做。