But Lien waved off many questions. As for whether he had really met with President Kuchma, he only said that he had seen everyone he had needed to see. He also let it drop that the Ukraine's leaders are very impressed with the pace of democratic reforms in Taiwan.
但連戰見招拆招地答覆了很多問題，惟獨對於是否見到烏克蘭總統庫其馬三緘其口，只說他在當地見到了所有要見的人，並於無意間透露烏國領導人對於我國的民主化進程大為讚揚。