Historic talks between mainland China and Taiwan

Mainland China and Taiwan held their highest-level talks on February 11 since Taiwan split from mainland China 65 years ago, a symbolic historic move marking the first official contact between the two sides of the strait.

Accordingly, Wang Yuqi, Taiwan's official in charge of policy toward China, will meet with his mainland counterpart Zhang Zhijun for talks expected to last until February 14.

Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun. (Photo: AFP)

The meeting in the city of Nanjing is the culmination of years of efforts to normalize relations and will be the highest-level contact between the two sides since 1949 when China ended its civil war.

Although the official agenda of the meeting has not been announced, Wang Yuqi said last month that the talks “have an important impact on further institutionalizing relations between the two sides”./.

According to VNA