Lien explains that "official contacts" are not thinkable, but that it was easier to allow the delegates to attend in a private capacity. However, "it is hard to say" if this is a precedent.
「在三不政策下，官方接觸是不可考慮的，以民間的方式去參加比較可行」，連部長說，所謂「民間方式」，就是不派政府的公職人員和機構出席。