Continuing the work begun when Vice-President Lien Chan led a delegation to visit the ROC's four Central American allies of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala at the end of last year, on January 9th, an ROC friendship delegation once again set off to develop top-level diplomatic relations.
繼副總統連戰於去年底率團至中美洲尼加拉瓜、宏都拉斯、薩爾瓦多、瓜地馬拉等四個邦交國訪問，並對遭颶風肆虐表達慰問之意，中華民國友好訪問團一月九日再度啟程展開首長外交。