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17/03/2011 18:32:01

At 11h14pm local time [4h14pm Haiti time], the former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left South Africa with his wife Mildred Trouillot Aristide, and his two daughters [Michaela, 12 and Christine 14 years] aboard a private jet (ZS -ZBB) after 7 years of exile.

The aircraft should stop in Dakar, Senegal to refuel and then continue its flight towards Port-au-Prince.

Before leaving Aristide gave a press conference [Zulu language] at Lanseria airport, an airport on the outskirts of Johannesburg where he said "The great day has arrived! The day to say goodbye before returning home [...] We are delighted to return home after seven years. In Haiti also they are very happy... Their dream will be fulfilled. Together, we will continue to share this endless love".

Except unforeseen, the former President Aristide is expected to arrive Friday in the morning at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

HL/ HaitiLibre