Taiwan leader meets ARATS chairman

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Source: CCTV.com | 11-06-2008 15:29

The Chairman of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits or ARATS, Chen Yunlin, has met with Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou.

Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou (R) meets with chief of mainland's  Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS)  Chen Yunlin in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan Province,  Nov. 6, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)

The meeting began at 11 A-M this morning at a hotel in Taipei. Officials of ARATS' Taiwan counterpart, the Straits Exchange Foundation or SEF, were also present.

Ma Ying-jeou reviewed the development of exchanges between the organizations during the past years. He called this week's first-ever ARATS-SEF meeting in Taipei significant. Ma and Chen spoke together for five minutes, and also exchanged gifts.

Editor:Zhang Ning