The Straits Exchange Foundation (hereinafter referred to as
SEF) and the Association for Relation for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
(hereinafter referred to as ARATS), for the purpose of establishing a system for
contacts and meetings and having held discussions thereon, reached the following
agreements:
1. Meetings
Where there is practical need and with the consent of both
parties, the SEF and ARATS chairmen will hold meetings concerning the business
of the two organizations. The venues and related questions will be settled
through further negotiation.
The SEF vice-chairman and ARATS vice-chairman or secretaries
general of the two organizations will, in principle, hold a meeting once every
six months concerning the business of the two organizations. The meetings will
be held in Taiwan and the mainland alternately, or in a third place settled on
through discussions.
Deputy secretaries general, department chiefs, and personnel
of the rank of director of the two organizations will hold meetings quarterly in
selected places in Taiwan or the mainland.
2. Administrative[non-political and functional]
Discussions
Both parties agree to hold, as soon as possible, exclusive
discussions on matters which arise in the course of exchanges between the two
sides which need to be discussed, and sign agreements.
3. Task Forces
Both parties agree that they will each set up an economic
team and a comprehensive team as business requires.
4. Emergency Contacts
Both Parties agree that they will each designate their deputy
secretaries general as liaison persons for emergencies. They shall contact each
other and take appropriate measures in such cases.
5. Facilitating Entry and Exit
Both parties agree that, on the grounds established by this
agreement, they will mutually facilitate personnel, designated by the two
organizations through discussions, in their entry into and exit from the areas
of the two sides. This shall include assistance in customs processing and other
matters relating to travel. Concrete measures will be settled through
discussions.
6. Execution, Amendment, and Termination of Agreements
Both parties shall comply with agreements reached. Execution,
amendment, or termination of an agreement shall be made with the consent of both
parties through negotiation.
7. Unsettled Matters
If this agreement leaves any matters unsettled, the two
parties may negotiate a settlement through appropriate channels.
8. Signing and Entry Into Force
This agreement enters into force thirty days from the date of
signing by both parties.
Four copies of this agreement were signed on the twenty-ninth
day of April and the two parties will each hold two copies.
(Signed)
Koo Chen-fu, Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation
Wang Daohan, Chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
[Added by handwriting:]
The 29th day of the fourth month of the eighty-second year of the Republic of
China [April 29, 1993]