Sunday, June 11 opened in Kingston, Jamaica, the CARICOM Summit on the Haitian Crisis (June 11, 12 and 13) Prime Minister a.i. Ariel Henry recalled that at the closing of the Political Forum on Security in Haiti (May 23 and 24, 2023) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39614-haiti-politic-closing-of-the-hct-forum-yet-another-roadmap-and-promises-of-the-pm-video-speech.html he had once again "extended a fraternal hand to all my compatriots of goodwill, to all the democrats of my country, so that together we can take the next steps that should lead us to a rapid return to the normal functioning of our democratic institutions."

Excerpt from the PM's speech at the CARICOM Summit :

[...] I came here on behalf of the government that I have the honor to lead, not to settle accounts and even less to reproach anyone. Some think that the exercise we are going to do here is useless and will not lead to anything more tangible, because we just did the same thing two weeks ago in Port-au-Prince and we cannot continue indefinitely. to negotiate and discuss. But I believe that whenever Haitians want to sit down to discuss country, you always have to be present.

Everyone knows that no lasting solution for Haiti can come from abroad, nor be imposed by others, whether from CARICOM or elsewhere. It is up to us Haitians to find among ourselves, by our own means, this common national project likely to unite us for a rebirth of this nation.

We did not come here to take dictates from anyone. We didn't come here to negotiate yet another new agreement. We are here to agree with compatriots who have the national interest at heart, on the next steps in the march towards the reconstruction of our democracy. We are among ourselves, with our CARICOM brothers, we can calmly tell each other truths face to face, without getting angry. [...]

Download the full opening speech of Prime Minister Ariel Henry (PDF in French) : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/discours-pm-11-06-2023.pdf

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-39719-icihaiti-politic-mirlande-manigat-declines-the-invitation-of-the-bahamas-pm.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39608-haiti-politic-first-day-of-the-political-forum-of-the-high-council-of-transition.html

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