CHINA SAYS, NO 92 CONSENSUS NO ICAO PARTICIPATION| 國台辦:不承認九二共識 難處理ICAO議題

The International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly and the APEC Forum are both scheduled to take place at the end of this month. Yet progress on Taiwan's participation has been slow because of China. China's Taiwan Affairs Office said that since Taiwan does not acknowledge the 1992 consensus, cross-strait exchange mechanisms have been halted. In response, Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Lee, called on China not to take any detrimental action. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will take place on Sept. 27. Taiwan was invited to the previous ICAO meeting, however, this time Taiwan has not been invited. Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lee says that the US has assisted in clarifying the situation, but so far there is no news. ==DAVID LEE Minister of Foreign Affairs== To tell the truth, there is nothing I can do now, to give a clear answer. I hope that China will not undertake any action detrimental to our participation. That is the only model conducive to normal development of relations with China. China's Taiwan Affairs Office said that since Taiwan did not acknowledge the 92 consensus there was no dialogue between the sides and so there was no mechanism to handle ICAO and similar issues. ==MA XIAO-GUANG Spokesperson, State Council of the PRC,Taiwan Affairs Office== Taiwan can only take part in international activities on the premise that it accepts the 'one China principle' and makes arrangements through cross strait negotiations. Currently the Taiwan authorities do not recognise the 92 consensus which reflects the 'one China principle.' This has led to a cessation of the cross-strait communication mechanism so that there is no handling process for these issues. In related news, President Tsai Ing-wen wanted to send the People First Party Chair James Soong to represent Tawian at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) leaders meeting. However, this was vetoed by China. The TAO did not admit this, but only said that participation in APEC and other activities should comply with the relevant provisions of the APEC Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The former minister of Foreign Affairs, Chen Chien-jen believes that this refers to the 1993 APEC Leaders' Seattle Declaration and China wants a representative from Taiwan to have an economic background to be eligible to take part in the leaders meeting. Former president Chen Shui-bian tried to send his vice president Li Yuan-zu to the APEC leaders meeting and also got vetoed. In response, Chen gave up on participation. Chen Chien-jen believes that with assistance from the US, it is still possible that Taiwan may be able to participate. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 國際民航大會ICAO即將在27日舉行，上次ICAO我國首度受邀與會，不過這次到目前為止，我國還沒收到邀請函，外交部長李大維表示這次美國幫了很多忙，但目前狀況還不明朗。 ==外交部長 李大維== 講老實話 我現在也沒辦法 給一個很明確的答案 希望中國大陸方面 對我們的參與 不要有任何負面的行動 這樣子才符合兩岸關係的正常發展 中國國台辦則表示我方不承認「九二共識」，導致兩岸對話停擺，無法處理ICAO相關問題。 ==國台辦發言人 馬曉光== 台灣參與國際組織活動的前提 是一個中國原則 通過兩岸協商做成安排 當前台灣當局不承認 體現一個中國原則的九二共識 導致兩岸聯繫溝通機制停擺 使得相關問題無法處理 另外傳出總統蔡英文規劃由親民黨主席宋楚瑜代表出席APEC領袖會議，遭對岸否決，中國國台辦沒有證實此事，只表示臺灣出席APEC相關活動，應符合APCE相關諒解備忘錄規定。我國前外交部長程建人認為對岸所指的，就是1993年APEC的「西雅圖模式」，中國認為我國必須由經濟背景人士參與領袖會議。前總統陳水扁曾指派前副總統李元簇與會，就因此遭對岸否決，當時陳水扁決定缺席抗議。 至於我國是否有機會再度參與ICAO？程建人認為最後關鍵可能在於美方溝通之下，兩岸能否各退一步，例如今年我國參與WHA的模式，現在就看台美中三方最後能否找到大家都能接受的方式。 記者 張志雄 陳信隆 台北報導