Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Ou of Taiwan

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Ou was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and raised in Hualien.

Ou received his BA from National Chengchi University in 1962.

Ou had planned to retire after turning 65 and applied for permanent residency (‘green card’) in the United States of America.

Although he had not expected to be tapped as Foreign Minister when Ma Ying-jeou formed his new government in 2008, Ou accepted Ma's offer.

Ou is fluent in Taiwanese, Mandarin Chinese, English, French, and Spanish.

Ou is a fairly common surname in Hong Kong.

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Republic of China (ROC) in an interview with a Japanese magazine.

a delegation of Japanese lawmakers, officials and academics.

Our government hopes to launch the first round of negotiations with Japan in September on fishing rights, with both sides shelving sovereignty disputes and working together to manage and develop (fishery resources)," Ou was quoted as saying.

Chiang Pin-kun, Taiwan's main negotiator for China, is visiting Japan to ease power brokers concerns there that Taiwanese President Ma Ying- jeou is neglecting ties with Tokyo and Washington while trying to patch up relations with Beijing.

There is a gap between Japan's expression of goodwill in this case and our expectations of that goodwill," Foreign Minister Francisco Ou said at a ministry press conference.

UpdatedTuesday, June 24, 2008 0:00amTWN,The China Post news staffFM Francisco Ou shooed away from Legislative YuanTAIPEI, Taiwan -- Foreign Minister Francisco Ou was ousted from the Legislative Yuan in a melee during his debut before lawmakers for interpellation yesterday.

Ou is the first Cabinet minister charged with disloyalty to the country for holding an American green card, though he said he already gave it up.

Ou was able to leave the nation's highest legislative organ under heavy escort on the first day of his appearance before the defense and foreign relations committee.

Click hereSharePrintEmailWrite a CommentEnter your comments - 1000 characters maxType in image codeSubmitReceive China Post promosRespond to this email Foreign Minister Francisco Ou was ousted from the Legislative Yuan in a melee during his debut before lawmakers for interpellation yesterday.

Ou said Japan’s Maritime Defense Agency admitted its frigate Koshiki was at fault in making an approach to the Lien Ho on Tuesday.

Taipei - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou will visit allies Paraguay and the Dominican Republic for eight days from August 12, Foreign Minister Francisco Ou said Tuesday.

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var PageContent= ' Taipei - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou will visit allies Paraguay and the Dominican Republic for eight days from August 12, Foreign Minister Francisco Ou said Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Francisco Ou said Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Francisco Ou said the island would use the situation to gauge whether China would take up President Ma Ying-jeou's offer of a diplomatic truce, and an end to so-called "chequebook diplomacy.

But in a shift of strategy, Ou said last month that his ministry would work to strengthen ties with its allies rather than try to lure countries away from Beijing.

Ou said Paraguay's incoming government has asked for 71 million US dollars in aid from Taiwan, but that Taipei has yet to finalise its aid package.

Ou has said he relinquished his US permanent residency shortly after President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) asked him to serve as head of the ministry in mid-April.

Foreign Minister Francisco Ou (歐鴻鍊) said yesterday that the nation has suffered no harm since proposing a “diplomatic truce” with China, but pledged that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would not be slack and would focus on Taiwan’s participation in the WHO.

Admitting that it was very difficult for Taiwan to participate in international organizations at present, Ou said that “the Foreign Ministry will gather its strength in one direction — that is the WHO bid.

Ou said that participation in international organizations was a complicated issue for Taiwan that would take time to achieve.

net, Dec 15) Taiwan's Foreign Minister Francisco Ou came under strong criticism for his verbatim reiteration of communist Chinas view that the Dalai Lamas overseas visits are politically motivated, according to Monsters and Critics.

Asked by a student during his speech Dec 13 on Taiwan's foreign policies at the Yishou University in Kaohsiung County, south Taiwan, Ou had said his personal view was that the Dalai Lama was not merely a religious leader but also a political leader and that his overseas visits had political motivations and considerations.

The report also quoted DPP lawmaker Tsai Huang-lang as saying Ou is not fit to be foreign minister, adding, His remark will make the international community see Taiwan as an appendix of a totalitarian state (China.

Ou said that the Foreign Ministry was not involved in arranging the Dalai Lama's visit, but that Ou's personal view was that the Dalai Lama was not merely a religious leader but also a political leader that his overseas visits have political motivations and considerations.

Tsai Huang-lang, another DPP lawmaker, said that Ou is not fit to be foreign minister.

Taipei  - Taiwan's Foreign Minister Francisco Ou has come under criticism by the opposition party for saying that the Dalai Lama's overseas visits are politically motivated, a newspaper reported Sunday.

Taipei  - Three Taiwan groups, angry that President Ma Ying-jeou said it was not a good time for the Dalai Lama to visit, plan to invite the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader to come to Taiwan for religious purposes, reports said Tuesday.

Taipei - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou came under attack Thursday for refusing to allow Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan.

Taipei - Taiwan Foreign Minister Francisco Ou said Monday the self-governing island would consider using the title Chinese- Taipei to apply to join the World Health Organization (WHO) in May next year.

If we can deal with the issue in a flexible way, as long as we are able to enjoy the same rights, using Chinese-Taipei could be a feasible option, Ou said in a news conference in Taipei.

Ou said it depends on how Taipei and Beijing interpret the word Chinese, which can be those of Chinese origin or simply China.

Ou said the Taiwan public would have a year to discuss whether the title was feasible before the WHO meets again in Geneva in May 2009.