President Chen stated that, through "head-of-state" diplomacy, he wanted to extol the democratic achievement of Taiwan's peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another, and consolidate friendly relations with the ROC's diplomatic partners.
阿扁總統表示，他此行主要是宣揚台灣政黨輪替的民主成就，並藉由「元首外交」鞏固邦誼。