Taiwan

Mainland negotiators in Taiwan for talks

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-12-20 12:29

TAIPEI - A delegation headed by the Chinese mainland's chief negotiator on cross-Straits affairs Chen Yunlin arrived?in Taipei?Monday for a new round of talks with Taiwan, at which the two sides are expected to reach a medical and health cooperation agreement.

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The talks between Chen, president of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), is scheduled for Tuesday at Taipei's Grand Hotel.

The two sides will hold a preparatory meeting Monday afternoon.

It will be the sixth round of talks between the two leaders since the two organizations, authorized to handle cross-Straits issues by the mainland and Taiwan, resumed negotiations in June 2008 after a nine-year suspension.