Consultations should be held to set the time and format of the talks , the official Xinhua news agency quoted Tang Shubei , executive vice chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits , as saying late on Wednesday .
<response> Consultations should be held to set the time and format of the talks , the official <organization>Xinhua</organization> news agency quoted <person>Tang Shubei</person> , executive vice chairman of the <organization>Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits</organization> , as saying late on Wednesday . </response>