Years-long political and social turmoil in Haiti is stabilizing after the arrival of Kenyan police forces last month and Taiwan could donate more supplies to help the embattled country, a senior diplomat said at a ministry briefing in Taipei yesterday.
Cheng Li-cheng (鄭力城), head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Department, said that Taiwan last year donated 100 sets of bulletproof vests to Haitian national police to help them combat rampant gang violence in the Caribbean ally.
The Haiti government has asked Taiwan to provide more help in this area and the two governments were still discussing exactly what Haiti needed, Cheng said when asked about Haiti’s situation and if it needed more help from Taiwan.
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The situation in Haiti is stabilizing after the arrival of Kenyan police since late last month to staff a UN-backed security mission, Cheng said.
However, the ministry was still assessing whether to send back two Taiwanese technical mission members evacuated from Haiti in March, he said.
In the meantime, Ambassador to Haiti Ku Wen-jiann (古文劍) has established friendly interactions with key Haitian officials and bilateral diplomatic relations remain strong, Cheng said.
Among the officials are interim Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique Dupuy and Edgard Leblanc Fils, who heads the nation’s Transitional Presidential Council established last month.
Haiti has been rocked by gang violence and social unrest since then-Haitian president Jovenel Moise was assassinated at his home in July 2021.
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