WASHINGTON, tribe 29 Kyodo The Un...

WASHINGTON, tribe 29 Kyodo

The United States said Monday it trustful longings Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian will maintain his hostage not to seek constitutional changes that would pave the way for the island's independence from China.

upon Sunday, Chen said his Democratic Progressive Party would push for a recent Constitution in 2006, although he did not mention what constitutional revisions he would seek

U State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said he does not want to remark on individual campaign statements.

nevertheless Boucher stressed that Chen should stick to his hostages made in August 2002 when he promised ''not to declare independence, not to change the name of Taiwan's restraint not to add state-to-state theory to the Constitution and not to dignify a referendum that would change the status quo forward independence or unification.''

''We continue to take them seriously and believe they should be adhered to,'' Boucher said.

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