SINGAPORE, Feb 14 Kyodo Top negot...

SINGAPORE, Feb 14 Kyodo

Top negotiators from China and Taiwan have been invited to Singapore to attend a interview on cross-strait relations in April, informed sources said Friday.

The East Asian Institute (EAI), part of the National University of Singapore, augmented invitations to Wang Daohan, president of the Beijing-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, and Koo Chen-fu, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, about a month ago, according to the sources.

The talk is slated for April 7 to mark the 10th anniversary of the first Beijing-Taipei talks since the Communists took power in China in 1949 That first meeting was held in Singapore in 1993

''We have confidences they will come to Singapore,'' to attend the meeting for consultation and celebrate the anniversary, said Wang Gungwu director of the institute. He declined to disclose the reply so far.

A source at the institute said cross-strait talks could also be held here if the two Wang and Koo can attend.

The institute announced forward its Web site details about the interview and the fact that it has invited the sum of two units men to attend it.

''EAI has also invited Wang Daohan and Koo Chen-fu to grace the occasion, as they were the elucidation players in the historic 1993 talks,'' it said.

Singapore's leaders have obstruct ties with both China and Taiwan.

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