In Haiti, after the installation on Thursday April 25 of the national transitional council, the urgency is to stabilize the country in the grip of a serious humanitarian and security crisis due to gang violence. The police have managed to secure the Port-au-Prince airport and planes are starting to arrive there. Particularly American planes.
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With our correspondent in Washington, Guilluame Naudin
For Washington, the crisis in Haiti is also important, and must be treated like other international crises, in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan. This is why the United States sent two military planes to Port-au-Prince this week.
Their cargo, explains Brian Nichols, the assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs: humanitarian aid worth several million dollars and non-lethal equipment for the Haitian police. On the other hand, no military personnel apart from the crews of these planes. The United States is making it quite clear that it is not its intention to intervene there with soldiers.
On the other hand, logistical and material support is planned for the future multinational security and support mission, the bulk of the forces of which must be provided by Kenya. $300 million has already been earmarked by the Departments of State and Defense for this purpose. Washington also calls on other countries to contribute to this mission which will be integrated into the Haitian police at the request of the Haitian authorities and under the aegis of the United Nations.