Speaker asks China envoy to remove missiles

China’s top envoy yesterday met with the speaker of Taiwan’s Legislature, who seized the chance to ask that Beijing remove all missiles targeting the island.

Speaker Wang Jin-pyng said he told Chen Yunlin that it is the Taiwan people’s common hope that China can remove the missiles as a gesture of more friendliness towards the island.

Chen replied that it concerns mutual trust in terms military matters, and at present the priority should be given to economic issues before proceeding to political issues, according to Wang.

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