Santo Domingo.- The Dominican president, Luis Abinaderstated this Monday that the Multinational Security Mission (MMS) that operates in Haiti will be successful in pacifying that country, as long as the agents promised to form it are completed and the resources are provided to guarantee its operation.
«I would not like to mention, with the issue of Haiti, I cannot classify that the Kenyan troops have failed (against the armed gangs), what has happened is that it has not been implemented as planned, of 2,000 agents there are only 400 “said the ruler in his usual Monday press conference at the National Palace.
He recalled that last September he talked about this with Kenyan President William Rutoduring the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.
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“If the 2,500 agents are completed and the necessary funds are transferred for them to operate, we are sure that the mission will be successful in pacifying Haiti,” Abinader stated.
The Mission for Haiti was approved by the UN Security Council last October, at the request of the authorities of that country, because the country is mired in a crisis at all levels.
Several countries, led by Kenya, committed to sending police to the country to reduce the actions of the armed gangs that control 85% of Port-au-Prince and other areas.
However, only about 400 Kenyan police officers operate in Haiti and what Ruto said before the UN General Assembly, that he will send more police officers to complete the goal of 2,500 in January 2025, has not materialized.
“Kenya will deploy the additional contingent to achieve the goal of having 2,500 police officers by January next year,” Ruto said in his speech to the UN, specifying that his country has already deployed 382 officers” in Haiti.
On that occasion, Ruto stated that he was “deeply grateful” for the financial and logistical support of the US, Canada and other Member States that shoulder the burden.
Haiti, the poorest country in America and where 5.4 million people, half the population, suffer from acute hunger – live amid the violence of armed gangs who control around 85 percent of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other areas.
According to data from the United Nations, the number of deaths in Haiti due to violence so far this year is at least 4,544 and the injured rise to 2,060, while 2023 ended with some 8,000 victims between deaths and injuries, figures at We must add the thousands of displaced people who leave their homes in search of safer places.
The Dominican Republic shares the island of Santo Domingo or Hispaniola with Haiti.. The first of these countries builds a border fence and carries out a plan for mass deportations of Haitian citizens.
