We received the appeal for help. There are about 20 crew members on board each ship.

We passed on our protest, saying no shooting should have been done.

Under political pressure and lure of financial reward, Senegal has restored diplomatic relations with China and decided to maintain with us only economic, business and cultural ties,

The three ships have set sail from Somalia, and the crew are all safe.

Philippine authorities have told the ministry that no naval and coast guard vessels were in those waters when the incident occurred.

We respect the way the money…is used…but surveillance would not just be good for local people but also for Taiwan too.

Taiwan will continue to step up communications to allay U.S. concerns about President Chen’s remarks.

This is not final. We are still in the phase of reviewing the issue in question and seeking opinions from all sides. We’ll continue to strengthen our communications with Washington on this issue.

The foreign ministry has filed a strong protest while summoning the Philippines’ deputy representative to Taipei.

We will continue to communicate through existing channels. We may send delegations abroad.

Duplicate copies of our entry which contains official titles of all of our WTO mission members have also been distributed to missions of all other member states.

Russia has close relations with China, so it’s not surprising that it criticized Taiwan. However, Russia’s reaction also revealed that it was unaware that China opposed the council and guidelines when they were first formulated,...

The visit has nothing to do with the matter. It had been previously arranged.

It’s regrettable that the WTO Secretariat has once again thrown away its neutrality under China’s pressure and arbitrarily deleted the titles of members of our permanent mission at the WTO headquarters.

We do not know whether these were pirates disguised as military personnel in order to commit the crime. We need more time to clear up the matter.

We appreciate such an immediate and professional correction.

I can confirm that we had these two cases of aid to Nauru but they both were part of an existing aid and cooperation program.

The accusation is unfair. All our aid programs are for local developments. We didn’t use money to interfere in the local election. As a democracy, we will not do such a thing.

This is urgent as they have only one plane for transport to other countries.

The six allied countries have received invitations from Beijing but they have certainly decided not to go.

Taiwan’s way of filling in its diplomatic relations is to offer cooperation in human resources, public construction, and fisheries and agriculture within the limits of its capabilities. Each project can withstand public scrutiny.

Both sides should try to clarify what happened and take measures to improve on their mistakes.

Some foreign countries fear Taiwan is changing the status quo because they have insufficient information.

We have to wait for confirmation (of the reports) from our embassy. After this, we will see what we will do.

The United States supports our participation in the World Health Assembly.

When they are done, both sides will make a public announcement.

This had not happened before. We are encountering unprecedented difficulty because of China’s behind-the-scenes interference.

For quite a long time bilateral relations have been excellent. Bilateral cooperation projects are going on all the time with remarkable results that have the approval of the people and leaders.

If necessary we will make proposals to the minister or even the president.

In total, China has financed US$15 million in aid for Fiji for this year alone.

It is not to be used for personal reasons or by individual personalities.

We didn’t receive such kind of information. We will continue our communications with the U.S..

What we care about most is whether the aid is successful.

The Republic of China (Taiwan) deeply regretted this and decided to break relations with Senegal immediately and stop all aid programs to the country to safeguard the dignity and sovereignty of our country.

We created it inside the ministry for special issues. When there is a (major) diplomatic issue, we just activate it.