Haiti’s new Prime Minister Garry Conille, visiting Washington, said in an interview with AFP on Tuesday that he expected a second contingent of the multinational force supporting the police to arrive. ” very quickly “ in his country, which is plagued by gang violence.
“It will happen very quickly. We can already see in the coming weeks that we will have a second contingent,” said Mr. Conille.
This multinational mission led by Kenya and supported by the UN is to support the Haitian police in the fight against armed gangs. A first contingent arrived in Haiti on June 25.
On the number of men expected, Mr Conille preferred not to give details. “for security reasons”.
“But I can already assure you that there is good planning being done to be able to gradually strengthen the presence of the contingents that are already on the national territory.”he said.
The new Haitian Prime Minister spoke on Tuesday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the deployment of this mission, to which the United States provided logistical support.
Haiti has suffered from chronic political instability for decades. But in recent months, the country has been facing a resurgence of gang violence, which controls 80% of the capital Port-au-Prince.
After the resignation of controversial Prime Minister Ariel Henry, transitional authorities were put in place, with the onerous task of restoring security and organizing elections.
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