Foreign affairs minister John Chang also said that henceforth he will work even more actively to develop the ROC's international room for maneuver, and not allow this setback to make him pessimistic. He was considering traveling to South Africa next week to make representations to President Mandela in person, to try to persuade him to maintain relations at a level including a consulate-general.
外交部長章孝嚴也指出，今後將更積極擴展國際空間，不會因此而悲觀，他考慮下週即赴斐交涉，親會曼德拉，爭取維持包括總領事館在內的最高層級關係。