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Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has held talks with her Canadian counterpart, Justin Trudeau about recent developments in Haiti.
This has been confirmed by the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada.
It states the two leaders expressed their deep concern over the increasing gang violence and turbulence Haiti is experiencing.
Ms. Mottley and Mr. Trudeau agreed on the urgency of deploying the UN authorised Multinational Security Support Mission to advance efforts from the Haitian National Police to improve security conditions for civilians.
Prime Minister Trudeau expressed his appreciation for Barbados’ commitment to contribute security personnel to the mission and underscored that Canada remains committed to working with Barbados, Kenya, and other partners to support a successful mission.
Barbados and Canada also discussed the important role of regional grouping, CARICOM, to promote inclusive political dialogue in support of a Haitian-led solution to the crisis.
The leaders reiterated the critical need of reaching an inclusive political consensus to create the conditions for free and fair general elections and for the restoration of democratic order in Haiti.
