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Haiti urges US, UN to send troops to stabilise country: minister

Haiti - Mercenaries could destroy infrastructure to create chaos, Mathias Pierre warns.

Published: Sat 10 Jul 2021, 6:39 AM

Updated: Sat 10 Jul 2021, 8:34 AM

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Haiti has asked Washington and the UN to send troops to help secure its ports, airport and other strategic sites after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a government minister said Friday.

After Moise was killed Wednesday "we thought that the mercenaries could destroy some infrastructure to create chaos in the country. During a conversation with the US Secretary of State and the UN we made this request," elections minister Mathias Pierre told AFP.



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