The two presidents will "exchange views on cross-Strait issues" Ma's spokesman Charles Chen said Tuesday, referring to the stretch of water separating mainland China and Taiwan.
The intention of the visit is to "secure cross-Strait peace," but no agreement will be signed, he said.
China confirmed the meeting in a short dispatch on the state Xinhua news agency early Wednesday, saying the two sides would "exchange views on promoting the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations".
The surprise meeting follows a gradual warming of relations with Beijing since Ma of the China-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) came to power in 2008.
Beijing still considers the island part of its territory, even though the two sides have been governed separately since Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek and his KMT forces fled to Taiwan after losing the civil war to Mao Zedong's communists.
"The purpose of President Ma's visit is to secure cross-Strait peace and maintain the status quo of the Taiwan Straits," Chen said in a statement.
"No agreement will be signed, nor any joint statement be released," he said, adding that Ma will hold a press conference on Thursday...
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4/11/15
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The Taiwan affairs chief of the Chinese mainland said here Wednesday that the scheduled meeting between Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou is a "milestone" for cross-Strait relations, breaking through in direct exchange and communication between the two leaders...
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