US Secretary of State to attend meeting on Haiti in Jamaica
Published:Monday | March 11, 2024 | 7:47 AM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is among officials who will attend today's high-level meeting on Haiti in Jamaica, the US State Department has announced.
It says Blinken will travel to Kingston today to discuss the "proposal developed in partnership with CARICOM and Haitian stakeholders to expedite a political transition in Haiti through the creation of a broad-based, independent presidential college as well as the deployment of a Multinational Security Support Mission to address the ongoing security crisis."
It says Blinken will also meet with Prime Minister Andrew Holness to discuss bilateral and regional issues and reaffirm our strong and enduring ties with Jamaica.
CARICOM heads have also invited the United Nations, France, Canada and Brazil to today's meeting.
It is unclear whether Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry will be in Jamaica.
Members of the CARICOM regional trade bloc have been trying for months to get political actors in Haiti to agree to form an umbrella transitional unity government.
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