Representative to the US Jason Yuan of Taiwan

Yuan is the second Taiwanese official to be caught on the green card list; last week Taiwan Foreign Minister Francisco Oh, for whom Mr.

Yuan is about to work, apologized for holding a USA green card while he was the ambassador to Guatemala.

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Ambassador Jason Yuan is the Director General of the Taipei Economic & Culture Office in Los Angeles.

Yuan is expected to assume the office in July.

Tseng said that he believed Yuan is well qualified and is capable of doing the job well.

Before retiring from the foreign service in January 2004, Yuan had served as ambassador to Panama, director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, and chief of the Congressional Liaison Division at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States.

Yuan received a warm welcome from 100 Taiwanese officials and expatriates upon his arrival at a Washington, D.

At the airport, Yuan said he will use his sincerity to rebuild mutual trust.

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Yuan said of the formal notification and expected 30-day congressional approval process.

Yuan said political squabbling in Taiwan caused delays in approving Taipei's arms budget, which finally passed the legislature in June.

Yuan said that after the inauguration in May of Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou, the Bush administration asked for a "direct message" from Taiwan about whether the government wanted the arms.

Yuan said of Taiwan's need for the arms deal.

Yuan said "time is short" for the notification and that if it is not made before Congress ends its current session, the contentious budgeting process in Taiwan will have to be repeated, beginning in January.

Yuan said Taiwan also had budgeted for the purchase of advanced F-16 jets to replace older Taiwanese indigenous fighters, but the Bush administration is not expected to approve jet sales until the other arms are purchased first.

Yuan has resigned from the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Ambassador Yuan had served as a director of the Company since 2004.

Ambassador Yuan was recently appointed Representative of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the United States, which is equivalent to the position of Ambassador.

Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.

At the same time the office, formally called the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-People First Party (PFP) Representative Office (KPRO), issued a press release conceding that Yuan had been applying for a US green card since he opened the office in 2004, but said he had to do so to secure a work permit that would allow him to stay in Washington and run the office.

Yuan’s deputy, Jacob Chang (張大同), told the Taipei Times that Yuan had to apply for the green card because there was no existing organization in Washington that could sponsor Yuan to work in the US as is usually required for a work permit.

In Taipei on Friday, Kuan said that Yuan had applied for a green card, and also disclosed his so-called “application reference number,” also known informally as the “A number” because it begins with the letter “A.

The KPRO office said in its press release that Yuan had never received a green card, and that he last week formally notified the US government that he would terminate the application if he went to work for the Taiwanese government.

Yuan is well-known in Washington among long term congressmembers, government officials and others for his previous stints with TECRO, and when he arrived in Washington secured a substantial office suite a block away from the White House.

Yuan has consistently denied that he was seeking the TECRO post.

Quoting President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), Yuan said countries should not “play games” with each other — especially Taiwan and the US because the US is one of Taiwan’s strongest allies.

On US media reports that Washington had shelved plans to sell helicopters, submarines and PAC-3 anti-missile batteries to Taiwan and turned down its request to purchase F-16C/D fighters, Yuan said the reports may have surfaced out of concern that the cross-strait military balance could be thrown out of kilter.

Yuan said that exchanges between the defense departments of the two nations do not need to be made public, adding that the US Congress and administration understand Taiwan’s defense needs, urging the media to “wait and see.

When asked if Taiwan has asked the US to delay sales of military equipment to Taiwan, Yuan said “absolutely not.

Yuan said improving Taiwan-US relations was Ma’s policy, adding that Ma had said Taiwan should be a “peacemaker” and not a “troublemaker.

from the Company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Yuan said that Taiwan will abandon some of the tactics employed by Mr.

Yuan said that, for the first time since 1993, Taiwan will not seek a seat in the UN.

Yuan said that statements by Chinese officials had not completely closed the door to a compromise.

Jason Yuan said in an interview with The Associated Press that the relationship between Taipei and Washington during former President Chen Shui-bian's administration went down to the lowest point.

Yuan said Ma's administration recognizes that an improved relationship with China is a plus for US to strengthen the US.