Soft diplomacy Following closely on President Chen's trip, in late September Vice President Annette Lu traveled to Central American countries that President Chen could not fit into his itinerary, including El Salvador, Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala, all of which have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
柔性外交，女性思考緊接陳水扁出訪之後，副總統呂秀蓮也在九月底出發，前往阿扁總統在行程中匆忙未及列入的中美洲薩爾瓦多、宏都拉斯、貝里斯、瓜地馬拉等四個邦交國訪問。