KMT’s Chiang urges Strait dialogue‘DIFFICULT’ DIPLOMACY: Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang said the party hopes for substantial breakthroughs in the global spaceBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) yesterday urged Taipei and Beijing to seek opportunities to resume official dialogue and normal people-to-people exchanges. “We have also noticed that President Tsai has in recent speeches tried her best to show goodwill to the other side” of the Taiwan Strait, Chiang wrote on Facebook. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang, center, accompanied by KMT Secretary-General Lee Chien-lung, talks to reporters in Taipei on Monday. Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times“The KMT continues to welcome remarks that would help melt the ice for cross-strait reconciliation,” he added. Commenting on Tsai’s remark that Taiwan-US relations remained stable, Chiang wrote that the KMT hopes Tsai can maintain stability in the relationship.

Source: Taipei Times February 09, 2021 15:56 UTC