By Nelson A. King
The Joseph Biden administration
said on Wednesday
that it was still considering the
request by the Haitian government
to send troops to protect
key infrastructure in the
French-speaking Caribbean
country in the wake of the
assassination of President Jovenel
Moïse.
“We continue to evaluate the
Haitians’ — the Haitian Government’s
request for assistance
to determine how best
the United States can address
them,” Ned Price, a spokesman
for the US Department of State,
told a press briefing.
“After close consultations,
including in the context of the
interagency delegation that was
in Port-au-Prince (the Haitian
capital) on Sunday, we believe
our focus should be assisting
the Haitian Government with
navigating the investigation
into the assassination of President
Moise, determining who is
culpable, supporting the Haitian
Government as it seeks
justice in this case,” he added.
“Of course, the situation on
the ground is evolving rapidly,
and we continue to be in close
contact with our Haitian partners
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about how we can best
assist,” Price continued.
He said that the US Department
of Justice, together with
the Department of Homeland
Security, is providing assistance
to Haitian authorities.
Price said the Department
of Justice will continue to support
Haitian authorities in
their review of the facts and
the circumstances surrounding
Moïse’s assassination.
“We are also taking a close
look at the Haitian Government’s
needs in the context of
critical infrastructure and how
the United States might be able
to assist the Haitian Government
in protecting that critical
infrastructure,” he said.
In response to a request
from the Haitian Government
and building on longstanding
cooperation, Price disclosed the
Department of State is deploying
an advisor to the Haitian
National Police (HNP) Judicial
Police and bringing on board
an advisor to the HNP Inspector
General.
He said the advisor to the
HNP Judicial Police will provide
technical assistance “to
build the capacity of the Haitian
National Police to investigate
and to address serious
crimes.”
The State Department
spokesman said the advisor to
the police’s inspector general
will help the HNP improve its
capacity to address allegations
of corruption, of human rights
abuses and police misconduct.
Price said the Biden administration
is also currently supporting
seven subject matter
experts who advise the HNP on
topics such as counter-narcotics
and community policing.
In addition, he said the US
is supporting training and procuring
vehicles, radios, protective
equipment “to build the
capacity of the Haitian National
Police to protect Haitians
U.S. President Joe Biden during a news conference at the
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from violence.”
Price said the US Department
of Homeland Security
is sending experts from
the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) and the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA) to
work with their Haitian counterparts
in improving aviation
and “critical infrastructure
security as well.”
Biden still evaluating Haitian
Gov’t request for security aid
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