Tsai directs gov’t to ensure nat’l security amid Middle East tensions

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 09 January, 2020
By: Paula Chao

President Tsai Ing-wen has directed the government to ensure Taiwan’s national security and energy supply amid tensions in the Middle East. Tsai called a national security meeting Thursday, a day after Iran fired missiles at air bases housing US forces in Iraq.

The president said that the finance ministry and other government agencies must continue monitoring fluctuations in the stock and forex markets and ensure their normal operation. She also said that the market stabilizing mechanism should be activated immediately if necessary.
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