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Haiti - NEWS FLASH : The Government ready to give a passport to Aristide (UPDATE 6h20pm)
31/01/2011 16:23:29

Haiti - NEWS FLASH : The Government ready to give a passport to Aristide (UPDATE 6h20pm)
According to one of his lawyers in Miami, Ira Kurzban, Mr. Aristide wrote this Monday to Marie-Michèle Rey, the Haitian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to ask her to give him a diplomatic passport immediately, have reported the Associated Press and the AFP.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that it was ready to give a passport to the former president, who lives in exile in South Africa, if the request was made. "The Government of the Republic gives the assurance that once filed, such a request will be honored promptly" specifies the text, which also denies that a passport application was refused to Mr. Aristide.

UPDATE 1 - "The Council of Ministers, under the leadership of President Rene Preval, decided that a diplomatic passport be issued to President Aristide, if he asks for it" said Fritz Longchamp, General Secretary for the Presidency.

UPDATE 2 - In a letter,the lawyer of the former President Aristide, asked the Haitian Government that the preparations for the return of Aristide begins immediately. He also asked the Government of Haiti, to engage a dialogue with the South African Government in order to guarantee the immediate return of Aristide and also that the safety of the latter is guaranteed.

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See also:
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2161-haiti-politic-letter-of-aristide-about-his-return-in-haiti.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2151-haiti-politic-the-haitian-government-refuses-to-renew-the-passport-of-aristide.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1672-haiti-aristide-they-talk-about-democracy-but-they-refuse-exclusive-interview.html

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