On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, Prime Minister Garry Conille, back in Haiti, presented an assessment of his official mission to the United Arab Emirates and Kenya, during a press briefing at the diplomatic lounge of Toussaint Louverture International Airport.

According to the Prime Minister, the objective of this mission was to establish new partnerships with other countries, including the United Arab Emirates, and to meet with Kenyan President William Ruto, to help him raise awareness among the international community about the urgency of the multifaceted crisis in Haiti.

"Today, Haiti is on the verge of establishing a reliable and lasting partnership with the United Arab Emirates in security, energy, food and technological surveillance," said Conille, recalling the immense determination of the United Arab Emirates to support Haiti.

"At the initiative of the Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed Ben Rachid Maktoum, [HL: also Prime Minister and Minister of Defense] I met with key people in several fields and we discussed the support, capable of helping to better address Haiti's security problems. A regular flow of equipment containing drones, armored vehicles, automatic weapons and ammunition, including spare parts, for the Haitian National Police (PNH) and the Haitian Armed Forces (FAd'H) in the long term," explained the Prime Minister.

"In the coming weeks, 600 new Kenyan police officers will be deployed to Haiti, as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission," assured Garry Conille, confirming that other countries in the region will follow suit. "Thanks to the support of partner countries and countries friendly to Haiti, it is certain that we will succeed in resolving the security crisis definitively."

"To definitively win the victory against criminal groups, we need a critical mass of aid, necessary human resources, equipment and adequate technological tools to strengthen the PNH and the FAd'H [...]", stressed the Prime Minister.

HL/ HaitiLibre