ROC VP ARRIVES IN EL SALVADOR FOR OFFICIAL VISIT
San Salvador, March 14 (CNA) Republic of China Vice President Annette Lu arrived in San Salvador Monday after a three-day transit stop in Houston, Texas.
Lu received a red-carpet welcome complete with full military honors upon her arrival in the capital city of El Salvador for an official visit aimed at cementing diplomatic relations with the Central American ally and boosting bilateral trade and economic exchanges.
ROC Ambassador Hou Ching-shan, Salvadoran Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Eduardo Calix and many other officials greeted Lu and her 152-member entourage at the airport.
During a dinner with Taiwan expatriates in El Salvador, Lu said she is hopeful that Taiwan businessmen at home and in El Salvador can join forces to build an industrial park in El Salvador to accommodate Taiwan-funded firms, facilitating bilateral trade and economic cooperation. "The planned park should meet what she called the 'Three P' goals, namely, the park should be productive, environmentally protective and have perspective, " Lu said, adding that the park is expected to begin operation before the end of President Chen Shui-bian's presidential term in May 2008.
Lu will attend a meeting Tuesday to discuss details regarding the planned park with Salvadoran officials and business representatives, as well as inspect the planned site of the park.
On the last day of her transit stop in Houston, Lu paid a visit to NASA headquarters, where she received courteous treatment befitting a visitor of her status. She was granted the privilege of entering the Mission Control Center -- NASA's nerve center.
NASA sent a Taiwanese-American astronaut, Edward Tsang Lu, to guide Lu on a tour of Mission Control. Lu was also welcomed onto the flight deck of a space shuttle to get a rare glimpse into the interior of the spacecraft. The vice president also invited Edward Tsang Lu to visit Taiwan to help inspire local youths' interest in space technology.
Aboard the charter flight from Houston to San Salvador, Lu was interviewed by the Central News Agency, in which she said she had yet to decide on whether to take part in a large street parade to be organized by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party March 26 to protest China's newly enacted Anti-Secession Law targeting Taiwan. "It depends on the development of the situation across the Taiwan Strait. At the moment, the most important thing is to calm down and consolidate domestic unity. We should refrain from excessively emotion-charged reaction and instead pool our wisdom to work out appropriate response measures," Lu said.
China's rubber-stamp National People's Congress (NPC) on Monday passed the Anti-Secession Law that authorizes the use of "non-peaceful means" to stop Taiwan from seeking formal independence.
Noting that the law is in stark violation of the United Nations charter, the United Nations declaration on world peace and human rights and the United States' Taiwan Relations Act, Lu said the international community should now come to understand that China is a real troublemaker.
Major countries around the world, including the United States, Japan and the European Union, have voiced opposition to China's new law, Lu said, adding that she believes Beijing will have to pay a heavy price for its "ill-intentioned" legislation.
El Salvador is the first leg of Lu's current Central America diplomatic tour that will also take her to Guatemala.
According to Lu's itinerary, Lu will attend a regional meeting of the Democratic Pacific Union (DPU) in America in Guatemala. Representatives from six Central American allies and five non-allied countries in North, Central and South America will attend the meeting, which will be a warm-up to a DPU regional organization to be established in Taipei Aug. 14.
During her diplomatic tour, Lu will meet with Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca and Vice President Ana Vilma De Escobar, as well as Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. She will also deliver speeches at the two countries' parliaments. Link
Lu received a red-carpet welcome complete with full military honors upon her arrival in the capital city of El Salvador for an official visit aimed at cementing diplomatic relations with the Central American ally and boosting bilateral trade and economic exchanges.
ROC Ambassador Hou Ching-shan, Salvadoran Vice Foreign Affairs Minister Eduardo Calix and many other officials greeted Lu and her 152-member entourage at the airport.
During a dinner with Taiwan expatriates in El Salvador, Lu said she is hopeful that Taiwan businessmen at home and in El Salvador can join forces to build an industrial park in El Salvador to accommodate Taiwan-funded firms, facilitating bilateral trade and economic cooperation. "The planned park should meet what she called the 'Three P' goals, namely, the park should be productive, environmentally protective and have perspective, " Lu said, adding that the park is expected to begin operation before the end of President Chen Shui-bian's presidential term in May 2008.
Lu will attend a meeting Tuesday to discuss details regarding the planned park with Salvadoran officials and business representatives, as well as inspect the planned site of the park.
On the last day of her transit stop in Houston, Lu paid a visit to NASA headquarters, where she received courteous treatment befitting a visitor of her status. She was granted the privilege of entering the Mission Control Center -- NASA's nerve center.
NASA sent a Taiwanese-American astronaut, Edward Tsang Lu, to guide Lu on a tour of Mission Control. Lu was also welcomed onto the flight deck of a space shuttle to get a rare glimpse into the interior of the spacecraft. The vice president also invited Edward Tsang Lu to visit Taiwan to help inspire local youths' interest in space technology.
Aboard the charter flight from Houston to San Salvador, Lu was interviewed by the Central News Agency, in which she said she had yet to decide on whether to take part in a large street parade to be organized by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party March 26 to protest China's newly enacted Anti-Secession Law targeting Taiwan. "It depends on the development of the situation across the Taiwan Strait. At the moment, the most important thing is to calm down and consolidate domestic unity. We should refrain from excessively emotion-charged reaction and instead pool our wisdom to work out appropriate response measures," Lu said.
China's rubber-stamp National People's Congress (NPC) on Monday passed the Anti-Secession Law that authorizes the use of "non-peaceful means" to stop Taiwan from seeking formal independence.
Noting that the law is in stark violation of the United Nations charter, the United Nations declaration on world peace and human rights and the United States' Taiwan Relations Act, Lu said the international community should now come to understand that China is a real troublemaker.
Major countries around the world, including the United States, Japan and the European Union, have voiced opposition to China's new law, Lu said, adding that she believes Beijing will have to pay a heavy price for its "ill-intentioned" legislation.
El Salvador is the first leg of Lu's current Central America diplomatic tour that will also take her to Guatemala.
According to Lu's itinerary, Lu will attend a regional meeting of the Democratic Pacific Union (DPU) in America in Guatemala. Representatives from six Central American allies and five non-allied countries in North, Central and South America will attend the meeting, which will be a warm-up to a DPU regional organization to be established in Taipei Aug. 14.
During her diplomatic tour, Lu will meet with Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca and Vice President Ana Vilma De Escobar, as well as Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. She will also deliver speeches at the two countries' parliaments. Link
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