Government and Policy

Mainland's delegation leaves for Taiwan for talks

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-21 10:18

BEIJING: A delegation of the Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) left Beijing Monday morning for Taiwan for a new round of talks.

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ARATS President Chen Yunlin, who leads the delegation, will meet Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Tuesday in Taiwan's Taichung.

The ARATS and the SEF are authorized by authorities in the mainland and Taiwan to handle cross-Strait issues.

 

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