2023-08-01 05:00:00
Security operation in Port-au-Prince Johnson Sabin | EFE
The Nairobi authorities commit to deploying 1,000 police officers in the Caribbean country
01 ago 2023 . Updated at 05:00 h.
A few hours after the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, reported on Saturday progress in the creation of an international force for the restoration of peace in Haiti, Kenya said it is ready to head such an organization. The Nairobi authorities similarly expressed that, if their offer is accepted, they agree to deploy 1,000 police officers in the Caribbean country devoured by gang violence and plagued by a serious political crisis since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, the July 7, 2021.
Kenya agreed to positively consider leading a multinational force in Haiti. We are committed to deploying a contingent of 1,000 police officers to train and help the Haitian Police to restore normality in the country and protect strategic installations, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement released late last Saturday.
His deployment proposal requires, however, a mandate from the UN Security Council, as well as the consent of the local authorities, specified the chancellery. An evaluation mission by an operational team from the Kenyan Police is expected to take place in the coming weeks, explained the same source, arguing that this will provide information and guide the mandate based on the needs detected on the ground. Nairobi has already deployed its peace support forces to countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia.
He Secretary General of the United Nations, Antnio Guterres, and the Haitian Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, asked the international community to intervene to help the local Police, outnumbered by the gangs that control 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince. These gangs multiply crime through armed robberies, car thefts and kidnappings, such as that of an American nurse and her son in Port-au-Prince. This was reported on Saturday night, the Christian NGO El Roi Haiti, who confirmed that the disappeared are the wife and son of the director of the humanitarian organization.
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