President Chen described Africa as a place of sunshine and human warmth, rejecting the "dark continent" cliche. He said that he established warm friendships with the leaders of the host countries, making this a journey of sentiment a well as diplomacy.
陳總統說，非洲充滿陽光和熱情，絕非黑暗大陸，此行與塞內加爾、聖多美普林西比、馬拉威、史瓦濟蘭四國元首建立深厚情誼，可說是「搏感情、拚外交」，是「合作、關懷之旅」，也是「熱情友誼、豐富之旅」。