On Saturday afternoon, President Jovenel Moïse returned to the country, gave at the Diplomatic Salon of Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in the presence of, among others, the Prime Minister, Lafontant, a press briefing on the main points of his stay at Taiwan (Republic of China).

On Monday, May 28, Moses met with Haitian students in Taiwan who are pursuing studies in engineering, agronomy, science and finance, among others. Believing that they can help their country's development, these students, some of whom are already engaged in business in Taiwan, took advantage of the visit of the Head of State to express their desire to return to Haiti in order to participate in its economic expansion.

In the evening the Head of State was invited to a dinner with the Haitian delegation offered in his honor, organized around the theme of the promotion of Taiwanese investments in Haiti.

On Tuesday, the Head of State participated in the signing of a joint statement with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, which aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation in many areas. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24534-haiti-politic-towards-new-terms-of-cooperation-with-taiwan.html The statement mentions the establishment of a high-level working group that will draft within 60 days new terms of cooperation for economic and infrastructural development in Haiti as well as potential ways to attract more Taiwanese investors.

In the evening, he spoke with the Taiwanese private sector, which has expressed interest in coming to invest in Haiti on at least two conditions: political stability and electricity.

On Wednesday, May 30, Moses traveled to Taichung (West Central Island), the second largest industrial city in the country, where he visited one of Taiwan's three largest science and technology parks. These parks that are oriented in the fields of biotechnology, robotics and artificial intelligence have already attracted several billion US dollars of investments.

In the electrical infrastructure sector, the President visited two major power plants: the first has a hydroelectric dam with a capacity of 2,600 Megawatts; the second has a large infrastructure producing wind and solar energy.

The Head of State took the opportunity to reiterate his promise of June 2017 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21342-haiti-flash-moise-reiterates-his-promise-of-electricity-24-24-throughout-the-country-in-2-years.html to supply the entire country with electricity 24 hours a day (this time without delay), with prepaid meters, without a word about his meeting with the Taiwan Power Company and his project to electrify 800 MW in Haiti... https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24025-haiti-dr-nearly-35-000-haitians-deported-or-turned-back-in-haiti-since-the-beginning-of-the-year.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24554-haiti-flash-jovenel-moise-relies-on-taiwan-to-electrify-haiti.html

Finally, Moïse also reported on his meeting with officials of the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, the management of natural disasters and the strengthening of the army and the National Police.

Moreover, the Head of State has promised to make free broadband internet available to all those who frequent the area of the Champ de Mars...

In summary the President made no announcement during this press briefing...

to be continued...

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24554-haiti-flash-jovenel-moise-relies-on-taiwan-to-electrify-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24534-haiti-politic-towards-new-terms-of-cooperation-with-taiwan.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24527-icihaiti-taiwan-economist-charlmers-denounces-the-opaque-foreign-policy-of-moise.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24497-haiti-politic-overview-of-the-agenda-of-president-moise-in-taiwan-update.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-24340-icihaiti-energy-42-companies-interested-in-developing-electricity-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21342-haiti-flash-moise-reiterates-his-promise-of-electricity-24-24-throughout-the-country-in-2-years.html

HL/ HaitiLibre