China has lodged serious representations to Indonesia on Taiwan
leader Chen Shui-bian's stopover in the islands nation, Foreign
Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said on Friday.
Chen made a one-night stopover on the island of Batam in
Indonesia on his way back from a trip to Latin America.
Liu said, "We demand Indonesia take practical action to fulfill
its commitment to the one-China policy in order to maintain the
overall Sino-Indonesian relations."
The Indonesian government voiced its serious regret over the
activities carried out by Chen Shui-bian. Indonesian Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Yuri Thamrin explained, "We had expected Chen's
plane to arrive on the island at 2 PM Thursday for refueling and to
leave straight away. But he stayed on the island until 10 AM on
Friday and conducted some other activities."
"We still adhere to our one-China policy, and we hope our
relationship with China will remain strong," he said.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asked the governor
of Kepulauan Riau province to submit a report about Chen's
activities on the island and warned him to pay serious attention to
the matter, according to Indonesian Chief Security Minister Widodo
Adi Sucipto.
(Xinhua News Agency May 13, 2006)