Friday, June 9, 2023, Prime Minister a.i. Ariel Henry, returned to the country, 24 hours after his participation in Nassau in the Bahamas of the United States/CARICOM and Dominican Republic Summit.

During a press briefing given at the Diplomatic Lounge, the Head of Government underlined that the discussions at this summit were frank and the problems were posed frankly. Energy issues; the modalities for mobilizing funds from multilateral donors; the climatic situation; arms trafficking and food security were, among other items, on the agenda.

Ariel Henry, also announced that the United States of America has taken the decision to extend the HOPE/HELP Act which should end in 2025. Good news for the textile sector. In addition, he announced additional aid of several tens of millions of dollars in response to the humanitarian crisis and which will be managed by the United States Agency for International Development USAID. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39734-haiti-usa-aid-of-$100-million-from-usaid-for-haiti.html

For its part, Jamaica reaffirmed its desire to participate in a specialized multinational force, while the Bahamian Prime Minister Philips Davis, who co-chaired this Summit with the American Vice-President Kamala Harris, declared that he was continuing international contacts concerning requests for international assistance. "As part of the ongoing discussions concerning this multinational force, I sent, with the support of the Government and the High Council for the Transition (HCT) and after consultation with certain partners, a letter to the Secretary General of the United Nations to reiterate our request for the intervention of a specialized international armed force in Haiti in October 2022 https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37866-icihaiti-request-for-armed-intervention-letter-from-prime-minister-to-the-un-secretary-general.html ," said Henry, stressing that the United States remained committed alongside the Republic of Haiti in seeking support for the PNH.

At the end of the press briefing Ariel Henry went to the National Emergency Operation Center (COUN), to inquire about the evolution of the distribution of relief to the victims of the last floods https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39716-haiti-flood-flash-51-dead-18-people-missing-and-nearly-40-000-families-affected-provisional-report-updated.html and the earthquake of June 6 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39715-haiti-flash-first-provisional-assessment-of-the-earthquake-of-june-6-2023-grand-anse.html

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