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Taiwan aid package commitment to Haiti totals US$121.37 million

Tawain’s Central News Agency (CAN) reports that Chen Wu-hsiung, chairman of the country’s Council of Agriculture (COA) discussed Taiwan’s assistance to Haiti during the recent summit in the Dominican Republic, held on June 2, hosted by Dominican President Leonel Fernandez. Taiwan’s total aid package to Haiti over the next ten years is estimated to be around [...]

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Taiwan announces Haiti debt relief plan

Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Timothy C.T. Yang, said on Friday that his government will cancel the more than US$12 million in interests attached to the loans that Taiwanese banks subscribed with Haiti, in an attempt to help the Caribbean nation to reconstruct itself after the devastation caused by the January 12 earthquake. In addition, Yang [...]

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