O The objective is to improve “the coordination and mobilization of international efforts in terms of security assistance, in close collaboration with the Haitian National Police, international partners and the United Nations”, indicated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement. communicated.
By playing the role of interlocutor between the international community and the Haitian authorities, Canada is determined to “support the solutions brought by the Haitians,” assured Minister Mélanie Joly.
This announcement comes more than six months after the call of the Haitian Prime Minister, mediated by the UN, to send an international armed force to fight the gangs. Few states volunteered and none were available to conduct such an operation.
Ottawa intends to open an office “this summer” in the Dominican Republic, on the border with Haiti, to carry out its coordination mission.
Canada’s foreign minister also added two former senators to the list of Haitian elites sanctioned after being accused of supporting gangs, bringing the total to 21.
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