WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are pressing their Canadian counterparts to make a decision on whether Ottawa will lead a multinational force into Haiti to assist the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation in its battle against gang control, U.S. and diplomatic sources said.
They are hoping that a visit to Canada by President Joe Biden next week will settle months of debate over the matter.
In October, the United States proposed a resolution at the United Nations Security Council — with the support of the U.N. secretary-general and the Haitian government — for the deployment of a rapid-action, multinational force to Haiti to help the country’s embattled police break the stranglehold of armed gangs spreading across the country.
