This was not only the first contact between the SEF and ARATS after more than three years of severed contacts, it succeeds to the first Koo-Wang talks held in Singapore five years ago, bringing the two foundation leaders together once again.
這不但是海基、海協兩會中止協商三年多以來，兩會首度重新接觸，也是繼五年前的新加坡辜汪會晤之後，辜汪兩老的再度聚首。