Chen's separatist policies widely condemned

The international community has expressed its anxieties and opposition to Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's move to cease Taiwan's "National Unification Council" and "Guidelines on Unification."

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday that it viewed "with the utmost seriousness" the Taiwanese move. "We think such decisions will frustrate efforts to maintain peace and stability in the region," it said.

EU foreign policy chief's spokeswoman, Christina Gallach, described Chen's move as "provocative."

Meanwhile, governments and leaders from other countries, including Greece, the Philippines, the Laos, Niger, the Democratic People's Republic of the Congo and Mali, etc, also expressed their opposition to Chen's acts.

Also yesterday, leaders of the Chinese mainland's non-Communist parties and All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce gathered in Beijing to lambaste Chen's moves.

Chen is plotting to gamble with cross-Straits peace and the interests of the Taiwan people, which is detrimental to the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation, a speaker said.

Source: China Daily