The government yesterday condemned the assassination of Haitian President Moise Jovenel Moise, who was killed at his private residence late on Tuesday.
“We’re deeply shocked and grieved by the assassination of President Moise and the wounding of the first lady,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote on Twitter. “The government and people of Taiwan condemn such senseless acts of violence and stand in solidarity with Haiti at this difficult time,” it added.
The ministry’s statement came after the Haitian government yesterday said that its leader had been assassinated by a group of unidentified intruders at his private residence.
Moise’s wife, Martine Moise, is hospitalized, Acting Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph said.
Joseph condemned what he called a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act,” adding that the Haitian National Police and other agencies have the situation in the country under control.
Haiti is one of Taiwan’s 15 diplomatic allies. The two countries in April celebrated the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
Moise Jovenel Moise last visited Taiwan in 2018 for a five-day state visit.
Ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) said that Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) had spoken by telephone with Haitian Ambassador to Taiwan Roudy Stanley Penn after learning of the incident, adding that Wu expressed condolences on behalf of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).
The ministry is closely monitoring the political unrest in Haiti, Ou said, expressing the hope that the country can restore peace as soon as possible.
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a sea warning for Typhoon Fung-wong effective from 5:30pm, while local governments canceled school and work for tomorrow. A land warning is expected to be issued tomorrow morning before it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, the agency said. Taoyuan, and well as Yilan, Hualien and Penghu counties canceled work and school for tomorrow, as well as mountainous district of Taipei and New Taipei City. For updated information on closures, please visit the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration Web site. As of 5pm today, Fung-wong was about 490km south-southwest of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan's southernmost point.
Almost a quarter of volunteer soldiers who signed up from 2021 to last year have sought early discharge, the Legislative Yuan’s Budget Center said in a report. The report said that 12,884 of 52,674 people who volunteered in the period had sought an early exit from the military, returning NT$895.96 million (US$28.86 million) to the government. In 2021, there was a 105.34 percent rise in the volunteer recruitment rate, but the number has steadily declined since then, missing recruitment targets, the Chinese-language United Daily News said, citing the report. In 2021, only 521 volunteers dropped out of the military, the report said, citing
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