US rebuffs Haiti s request for troops after president s assassination
Jul 10, 2021 11:57 AM PHT
Reuters
The United States on Friday, July 9, rebuffed Haiti s request for troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by suspected foreign mercenaries, even as it pledged to help with the investigation.
The killing of Moise by a squad of gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday morning, July 7, at his home in Port-au-Prince pitched Haiti deeper into a political crisis which may worsen growing hunger, gang violence, and a COVID-19 outbreak.
Haitian Elections Minister Mathias Pierre said a request for US security assistance was raised in a conversation between interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. Haiti also made a request for forces to the United Nations (UN) Security Council, Pierre said.
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