P-to-P, April 11, 2024 [AlterPresse] — The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom, also known as Foreign Minister, David Cameron announced a contribution of 5 million pounds sterling, or more than 6 million US dollars (Editor’s note: US $ 1.00=+ 140.00 gourdes; 1 euro=145.00 gourdes; 1 Canadian dollar=99.00 gourdes; 1 Dominican peso=2.40 gourdes today), in view of the deployment of the Multinational Security Support Mission (Mmas) in Haiti which will be led by Kenya, in a press release noted by the online agency AlterPresse.
This sum will strengthen the United Kingdom’s support for the Mmas which will contribute, in collaboration with the Haitian National Police (PNH), to fight against the violence of armed gangs which are destabilizing the country, according to Cameron.
This armed violence worsens the humanitarian situation and causes daily pain and suffering to the Haitian population, continues the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, declaring “that a political solution led by the Haitians is the only way to tackle front and in the long term to this insecurity”.
“We thank the United Kingdom for its contribution to the multinational security support mission in Haiti. The rapid deployment of this mission to support the Haitian National Police in restoring security remains vital,” Brian A. Nichols, assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Department of State, said in a tweet. -United.
He encourages other international partners to join the United States in increasing their support.
During a meeting with David Cameron, the Secretary of State of the United States of America, Antony Blinken expressed his gratitude to the United Kingdom as well as to other partners who have mobilized to support the sending this force to reinforce the Pnh and help it regain control of Port-au-Prince occupied by armed gangs.
The administration of Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden is discussing with the US Congress to try to obtain the necessary amount of money so that a multinational force can be deployed as quickly as possible on the territory of Haiti, said namely, during a meeting with the press on Tuesday, April 9, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
American legislators, particularly Republicans, condition a release of an amount of 40 million dollarsrequested by the Department of State of the United States of America, for details from the Joe Biden administration on the deployment of the Mmas, the Reuters agency indicated in an article.
Representatives Michael McCaul, Republican chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Jim Risch, the Senate’s top foreign relations Republican, demanded far more details from the US administration on the force before that it obtains more funding.
The $40 million, deemed essential by the Biden administration to help combat the spiral of violence in Haiti, should cover essential costs for the mission, authorized by the United Nations Security Council since Monday October 2, 2023.
The Government of Kenya decided to suspend the planned sending of Kenyan police officers to Haitias part of this mission in Haiti, according to a senior official from the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
To justify this provisional suspension, he cited a radical change, following the complete collapse of public order and the resignation, on Monday March 11, 2024, of de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry. [emb apr 11/04/2024 12 :35]
