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| 美國國務院發言人凱西在記者會上 |
中評社香港9月26日電（記者 岑嵐）美國國務院發言人凱西在25日（當地時間）的記者會上被問及陳水扁要修憲改變“領土”這個議題時，做出了明確嚴詞評論，並對陳水扁發出警告，要對其“拭目以待”。
不過，今天扁當局還硬是說美國國務院沒說“反對”，又稱台“外交部”目前並未收到任何訊息指出美方要台灣在“領土”議題上，可怎樣或者不可怎樣，就實務上來講，此議題是“內政”問題，美方原則上不會做干涉“內政”的動作。
現將貼在美國國務院官方網站的記者會有關該段問與答的原文提供如下，讀者自有判斷。
QUESTION: Thank-you, Tom. Taiwan's leader Chen Shui-bian vowed yesterday to dramatically amend the constitution to reflect what he says the changes in Taiwan's status -- the proposed amendments making sure the definition of Taiwan's territory and official name. I'm just wondering is the U.S. concerned by Chen's move to unilaterally change the status quo.
MR. CASEY: Well, first of all, let me just reiterate that the United States does not support independence for Taiwan and we continue to be opposed to unilateral changes in the status quo by either side. We also take very seriously President Chen's repeated commitments not to permit the constitutional reform process to touch on sovereignty issues, which includes territorial definition. And the fulfillment of President Chen's commitments is a test of his leadership as well as his ability to protect Taiwan's interests, its relations with others and to maintain peace and stability in the Straits.
So I think that's basically where we are on this issue. We again know about his commitments that he's repeatedly stated on this subject and we expect he would carry out them. |
