Haiti Hosts Taiwan’s Foreign Minister

By: - February 6th, 2013

Above: the Taiwan-Haiti meeting (OP Haiti)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Taiwan Foreign Minister David Yung-Lo is continuing his Caribbean tour with a trip to Haiti.

The country’s top diplomat, joined by a Taiwanese delegation, met Wednesday with Haiti President Michel Martelly in Port-au-Prince.

His visit to the country follows trips to St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia and St Kitts and Nevis.

Yung-Lo is on a two-day visit to Haiti.

His tour follows a visit to Haiti by Taiwan’s Vice President, Wu Den-Yih, in August 2012.

A number of Haitians are currently studying at universities in Taiwan, which has said it is committed to furthering reconstruction in the country, particularly Haiti’s energy sector.

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