We laid the ground work for four years, making a careful assessment of the situation there. Only after obtaining the agreement of both the president and the premier, did the minister of foreign affairs sign the recognition treaty.
事實上對聖多美，我們已經進行了將近四年的工作，作了很長時間的評估，得到總理和總統雙方的同意之後，才派外長簽訂建交公報。