Premier Lien Chan however stressed that by redoubling its efforts to hamstring the ROC internationally Beijing showed scant regard for the legitimate rights of the people of the Taiwan Area, and that its actions were conducive neither to crossstrait relations nor to national reunification. Future reunification could only be built on a foundation of mutual respect, and the ROC would continue to develop its international room for maneuver.
行政院長連戰則強調，中共變本加厲封殺我國際空間，不顧台灣地區人民應有的權益，無助於兩岸關係和國家統一，未來的統一必須建築在相互尊重的基礎上，我國將繼續發展國際活動空間。