Sat, 31 Jan 2004

Nuwa Wea denies having met Taiwanese minister

Nuwa Wea denies having met Taiwanese minister: Manpower and Transmigration Minister Jacob Nuwa Wea denied on Friday he had met and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Taiwanese Commission for Labor Affairs minister as earlier claimed by the Taiwanese government. "We cannot sign any MOU with Taiwan because Indonesia has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan and adheres to the one-China principle," Nuwa Wea said. He said he knew the Taiwanese minister was visiting Indonesia but had not met him. -- Antara