On a visit to Canada until tonight, Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State, spoke at length about the crisis Haiti is going through with his Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly. Even before his arrival in Ottawa, the United States had hinted that Canadian authorities could lead a potential international intervention force. A proposal that Canada appears to have rejected.
With our correspondent in Quebec, Pascale Guericola
For now, Canada is in no rush to intervene militarily in Haiti, despite the insistence of its powerful neighbor. In a press conference alongside his American counterpart, Antony Blinken, the Canadian Foreign Minister, reiterated that the solution to this crisis must pass through the Haitian people.
” No decision will be made without the involvement of the Haitians. I have always said it will be by and for the Haitians because in the end it is for their good. Because right now it is the people who suffer in Haiti. So our goal is to help them “, Explains Mélanie Joly.
The Canadian delegation is currently consulting with stakeholders in the field to ” explore different ways to help the Haitian people “, Indicated the government, which intends to support” solutions proposed by Haitians to restore access to essential goods and services “.
The request remained a dead letter
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