For the second time in a few months, high-level foreign diplomats will meet to discuss Haiti and how the international community can support the country as gangs continue to extend their grip, hunger deepens and the Caribbean nation prepares to once again mark the end of a presidential term with no elected leader ready to take the helm.
The virtual meeting is taking place Friday. It will be attended by foreign ministers from over a dozen countries, most of them increasingly concerned about Haiti’s instability after July’s assassination of its president, followed by a devastating earthquake five weeks later, and now an ongoing migration crisis.
The gathering is being hosted by Canada, whose minister of foreign affairs, Mélanie Joly, said in a statement her nation stands ready to support “Haiti-led solutions to the country’s most pressing issues, and remains committed to supporting Haiti for a more democratic, safer and more prosperous future.”
