Ambassador Yang remarked; "At that time, in order to win the friendship of these new African nations and to strengthen our position in the UN, we sent delegations to their independence celebrations and established diplomatic relations with them.
楊大使說：「當時我國政府已注意到此一趨勢，為了爭取非洲新興國家的友誼，除了派遣使節團參加各國的獨立慶典之外，並陸續與若干國家建立邦交。」