As each of you well knows, the ROC is an independent sovereign state, and in foreign relations we seek to spur international cooperation and take part in international activities, under the principle of mutual interest and based on a spirit of independence and self-direction.
各位女士、各位先生都非常清楚，中華民國是一個獨立主權的國家，在外交上，我們是以獨立自主的精神，在互惠互利的原則之下促進國際上的合作，從事國際上的各種活動。