Taipei, May 17 -- Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has dismissed the notion that dialogue with China could be pursued in cooperation with Taiwan's opposition parties, arguing their approaches differ fundamentally from that of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Focus Taiwan reported.

According to Focus Taiwan, on Saturday, citing an interview on the YouTube channel of Mindi World News, the Taiwanese President reiterated the DPP's long-standing stance that opposition parties tend to support Beijing's "One China Principle".

He pointed to the Kuomintang's (KMT) support for the "1992 Consensus" and other narratives like "both sides of the Strait are one family", which he said align more closely with China's unification agenda.

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