Henry met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and several members of his government, including Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and his adviser Celso Amorim, in Paris this Thursday.
According to a statement from the Port-au-Prince government office, the Prime Minister updated Lula on the current situation in Haiti while asking Brazil for support in terms of security and sustainable development.
For his part, the Latin American leader pledged to raise the case of the Caribbean country at all international meetings he attends, in order to raise awareness among the international community of the urgent need to help Haiti. The meeting took place in a very warm and friendly atmosphere, the statement said.
Henry traveled to Paris to attend the For a New Global Financial Deal summit, which will bring together around 50 heads of state and government and actors from development, the private sector and civil society to discuss in particular finance for development, climate and global health.
The meeting also aims to implement a sufficiently sound global financial architecture to allocate more resources and protect vulnerable countries from shocks to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals proposed by the United Nations.
Aside from the event, which ends on Friday, the prime minister has a busy schedule of bilateral meetings with his counterparts to discuss the situation in Haiti.
This Thursday, he met with the head of Barbados, Mia Mottly, and thanked her for her defense of Haiti before several countries and various international institutions.
He also spoke to the President of Kenya, William Ruto, about the possibilities of supporting the Haitian security forces in various areas.
The day before, the head of government met with African Union President Azali Assoumani and pointed to the need to strengthen ties between Haiti and its “African brothers”, as well as the possible support of these countries for the forces of national order .
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