Vice President Lu stressed that this initiative was undertaken in support of President Chen's "go south" policy, aimed at opening up new horizons for Taiwanese business investment in Southeast Asia. Further, she expressed her gratitude to Indonesia's ruling and opposition parties and to members of its private sector for extending their hand of friendship and courageously embracing Taiwan's expressions of goodwill in defiance of a powerful country's bullying bluster.
呂副總統強調，此行秉持陳總統的南向政策，為國人尋找創業投資的新天堂；她也感謝印尼朝野及民間，對台灣伸出友誼之手，不畏強權霸道，勇敢擁抱台灣的情誼。