Mainland voices opposition to artificial barriers to cross-Strait negotiations

The Chinese mainland opposes any attempt to undermine the foundation of cross-Strait negotiations or imposition of artificial barriers to related process and the development of cross-Strait relations, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.

An Fengshan of the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office made the remarks at a press conference upon an inquiry about a draft cross-Strait agreement supervisory rule which is under discussion on the island.

"The foundation of cross-Strait negotiations should not be undermined, and the authority of agreements reached by the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation must be maintained," he said. Endi