Mainland willing to consult, talk with Taiwan parties, groups: spokesperson
Xinhua
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BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland is willing to carry out consultations and dialogues in diversified forms and on a broad range of issues with parties, groups and personages from Taiwan, based on the political foundation of upholding the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence," a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.

On this basis, the mainland is also willing to solve differences and accumulate consensus, the spokesperson said.

Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson with the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks in response to a question about the visit of a delegation of personages from Taiwan led by Hung Hsiu-chu, former chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang party.

Hung attended a symposium on cross-Strait relations and national rejuvenation in Beijing Monday.

Participants at the symposium raised several joint proposals, including consolidating the political foundation of upholding the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence," as well as deepening the integrated development and enhancing grassroots exchanges across the Strait, according to Ma.

They also called for institutionalized economic cooperation between the two sides, Ma said.