of state to speak direct to the taiwanese president. why did you do that? well, first, there was a request from the taiwanese side to have such a phone call. i take it as a matter of courtesy to accept congratulations... with respect, that taiwanese request will have been made to plenty of other european heads of state in the past, and it's been rebuffed. why did you say yes? i was very cautious to consult this phone call with our government because obviously, the government and foreign ministry are guarantors of our foreign policy. the phone call and the arguments made within the phone call were fully consistent with our policy of one china and there is no contradiction in having a phone call. well, it has been deeply criticised by officials in beijing — and you knew it would be — but you said this to the financial times —
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