In a note, the United States Department of State informs that Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, participated to a senior-level international partners meeting on Haiti on April 21. Hosted by France, this meeting convened international partner countries and international organizations for the third time in the past four months in support of progress on the challenges facing Haiti. Participants encouraged political accord among Haitian actors so elections can take place as soon as conditions permit.

This meeting also reaffirms our efforts in providing advisory support, training, and other resources to the Haitian National Police (HNP). In addition to deploying additional trainers and refurbishing HNP training facilities, the United States has delivered 60 new vehicles to the PNH.

We are working with PNH leadership to develop an elite unit capable of high-impact arrests and anti-gang operations, as well as expand its community policing efforts to regain the trust of citizens in gang-affected neighborhoods.

We commend our partners who have also contributed to building the operational capacity of the HNP. We continue to work with international partners and organizations to support Haiti’s response to complex security challenges.

HL/ HaitiLibre