Taiwan opposition leader and Chinese make agreement

Taiwan’s opposition leader and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed today to work together to try to end decades of hostilities between Beijing and Taipei, a spokesman for the Taiwanese delegation said.

Their joint statement calls on the Nationalist Party and China’s ruling communists to “promote the reaching of an agreement to end the hostile situation and also to promote the establishment of a military mechanism based on mutual trust”, said spokesman Chang Jung-kung.