The China Post
Date: June 15, 2016
By: Joseph Yeh
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The U.S. top envoy to Taiwan on Tuesday recommended that both sides of the
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Kin Moy speaks during a roundtable press conference in Taipei on Tuesday, June 14. (Joseph Yeh, The China Post)
Taiwan Strait make use of “creativity, flexibility and patience” when handling cross-strait issues, and argued that maintaining two-way dialogue is important for resolving problems.
Asked to comment on cross-strait issues, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Kin Moy said that the U.S. believes creativity, flexibility and, most importantly, patience are required for both sides of the Strait to engage in dialogue since the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took power on May 20.
“I think that in any kind of relationship, especially when it is new, there is process and time (needed) … so that both sides can become familiar with the other,” Moy said, during a roundtable press conference in Taipei.
When both sides do become familiar with one another, there will be more “confidence and predictability” in their relationship, he noted.
“For us as diplomats, we are always looking for different ways that may not have been tried before to meet each other’s needs,” Moy added.
Asked to comment on whether President Tsai Ing-wen’s recognition of the existence of a “1992 meeting,” but not necessarily a “1992 Consensus,” in her inaugural speech is an example of such creativity and flexibility, Moy said he would not go into specifics. [FULL STORY]
