This is seen as the most important foreign affairs decision since the family visitation policy was liberalized. Aside from pressure from the academic community, it was due mostly to the new cabinet's commitment to the "new politics."
一般認為，外交部這項決定，將是近年來，政府繼宣佈國人赴大陸探親後另一重大決定，也是內閣大幅改組後政治進步最明顯的指標。