CARICOM to mount fact-finding mission to Haiti
Even though the situation in Haiti is complex and there are a number
of views on the way forward, it cannot continue without the intervention
of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
stated on Wednesday, 19 February.
Speaking at the news briefing following the conclusion of the 31st
Inter-Sessional CARICOM Summit in St. Michael, Barbados, Prime Minister
Skerrit said Haiti occupied Heads of Government’s attention during
Wednesday morning’s caucus discussion.
He said they agreed to mount a mission led by the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. Representatives from The Bahamas, Barbados and Jamaica will also comprise the mission.
Even though the situation in Haiti is complex and there are a number
of views on the way forward, it cannot continue without the intervention
of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
stated on Wednesday, 19 February.
Speaking at the news briefing following the conclusion of the 31st
Inter-Sessional CARICOM Summit in St. Michael, Barbados, Prime Minister
Skerrit said Haiti occupied Heads of Government’s attention during
Wednesday morning’s caucus discussion.
He said they agreed to mount a mission led by the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. Representatives from The Bahamas, Barbados and Jamaica will also comprise the mission.
Chairman of CARICOM, Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados
anticipates that the mission would have been completed when regional
leaders meet for the CARICOM- Mexico Summit in March.
She expressed satisfaction about engagements with Haiti’s
Foreign Minister, The Hon. Bocchit Edmond, and noted her conversation
with Haiti’s President His Excellency Jovenel Moise earlier Wednesday.
“The first step is for us to have the legitimacy and the integrity
of facts that we can rely upon, and that therein after we then work with
the relevant players to see how best we can work with Haiti to ensure
that they don’t face instability within their boundaries.”
The Chairman also noted that finding a lasting solution to the
crisis in Haiti was critical to minimising the fatalities which occur
when citizens risk their lives by attempting to cross treacherous seas
to get to places like Turks and Caicos and The Bahamas.
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