DIPLOMACY
<strong>Ambassador appointed</strong>
Paraguay has appointed a new ambassador after leaving the position vacant for more than a year, with the new envoy expected to take up the post in Taipei in the coming weeks, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said yesterday. Carlos Jose Fleitas Rodriguez was named as the South American ally’s ambassador late last month, Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Director-General Florencia Hsie (謝妙宏) said. The seasoned diplomat has close ties with Taiwan, having previously served as the minister at Paraguay’s embassy in Taiwan in 2010 and then as its charge d’affaires in June 2012. He also
Taipei, March 23 (CNA) Humanitarian aid from Taiwan bound for Ukraine arrived in Slovakia Tuesday (Slovakia time) with the donation expected to be delivered to Kyiv the next day, according to the Taipei Representative Office, Bratislava.