TSAI: NICARAGUA WILL SUPPORT TAIWAN'S INTERNATIONAL PARTCIPATION|台.尼總統閉門會 奧德嘉:助台參與國際組織

President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was originally to be a closed door meeting. However, it was relayed live by local media, which surprised even the local ROC embassy. On her facebook page, President Tsai said that President Ortega would support Taiwan's participation in international bodies and would strengthen trade relations with Taiwan. Analysts, however, caution that Taiwan should still remain vigilant in maintaining its relationship with Nicaragua. ==REPORTER with ROC PRESIDENT TSAI ING-WEN== I was notified by the Minister to go, ask the Minister the rest. President Tsai looked happy as she left the hotel, as she was able to meet with the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega for two hours. ==DAVID LEE Minister of Foreign Affairs== Today's discussion was very happy, it was completely different from any speculation made in Taiwan. Lee described the meeting as happy, but he had no idea that the closed door meeting was relayed live by Nicaraguan media. ==DAVID LEE Minister of Foreign Affairs== It was broadcast direct from the meeting venue. Even our embassy didn't know about that beforehand. Because it is the day before President Ortega's inauguration so the schedule was a special situation. On her Facebook page, President Tsai posted photos of her meeting with President Ortega and comments about their meeting content including that they would continue to strengthen their cooperative relationship. President Ortega said that he has always supported Taiwan's participation in international organizations. ==HUANG CHIEH-CHENG, IASS Grad. Inst., Tamkang University== Nicaragua itself, due to the nature of its regime has some contact with China, so there are still some areas of the relationship to worry about. Analysts say that President Tsai and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have worked as hard as they can but Nicaragua and China still have mutual contact. Recently, cross strait relations are on a knife edge, and Taiwan still should deal cautiously with Nicaragua. In 1955, Nicaragua established relations with the Republic of China. In 1985 President Daniel Ortega broke off relations with the ROC and in 1990 resumed them. In 2009, when then-President Ma Ying-jeou visited Nicaragua, Ortega avoided him. With this history, there is a little anxiety in the relationship on the ROC's part. . TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR ==記者 vs 總統 蔡英文== 我是被部長通知要去的 其他的事你就問部長吧 步出飯店的總統蔡英文，好心情寫在臉上，因為與尼加拉瓜總統奧德嘉順利會面、還談了近兩個小時。 ==外交部長 李大維== 今天談話的氣氛 非常非常的愉快 說老實話 跟國內前段時間的 一些揣測 是完全相反的 外交部長李大維轉述雙方會談氣氛愉快，但對於尼加拉瓜媒體直播這場閉門會議也事先沒掌握。 ==外交部長 李大維== 就是說它現場轉播 這個連我們的大使館 也事前 是完全也沒有掌握 因為我們想也是尼國的 就是今天等於是就職前一天 所以整個進行 也都是比較特殊的情形 蔡總統在臉書上，也主動發佈與奧德嘉會面照片與兩人會談內容，包括兩國將持續加強密切合作關係，而奧德嘉也表示一直都支持台灣加入國際組織。 ==淡大國際事務與戰略研究所助理教授 黃介正== 尼加拉瓜本身 它因為它政權的性質 所以它跟中國大陸 一定會有些聯繫 確實不能排除 有一些需要擔心的地方 學者認為，蔡總統與外交官員已盡最大努力，但尼加拉瓜與中國大陸也有互動往來，兩岸在外交上劍拔弩張，台尼關係仍得謹慎應對。回顧1955年我國與尼加拉瓜建交以來，在1985年奧德嘉上任總統主導與我國斷交，直到1990年台尼再度復交，但2009年馬總統出訪尼國，奧德嘉演出閃躲戲碼。由於奧德嘉不是第一次這樣對待台灣總統，在兩岸關係緊繃之際，讓兩國關係緊張氣息久久無法散去。 記者 綜合報導