Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Taiwanese and Chinese aviation officials plan to meet by the end of the year to discuss issues including the carriage of transit cargo on regular cross strait flights, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported on its Web Site, citing Lee Lung-wen, director-general of the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Taiwan hopes to convince China to allow carriage of goods bound for third destinations on current direct flights across the strait, Lee was cited as saying.

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