ARTICLE - LAMOTHE - INT'L RELATIONS

STATEMENTS OF LAURENT LAMOTHE ON THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF HAITI
(Haiti Libre) -

On Wednesday, in the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, also Minister of Foreign Affairs, summarized the situation and progress made by Haiti in terms of foreign relations, spoke of his objectives, and outlined the next participation of Haiti on the international stage.

"[...] regarding the situation of foreign relations, I consider that from where we come from, to where we are now, we have made ​​much progress on different aspects.

First, we were able to reaffirm the relations with the traditional countries. We have excellent relations with our partners, and we affirm that the new Government of Haiti, wants to participate more in decision making in favor of its future...

[...] We have revitalized the South-South relations, and for the first time in history, Haiti is a member of the African Union, which will open many doors to us on the African continent. We have an action plan that we will develop in Asia, so that Haiti can benefit from all bilateral relations, in terms of revenue. We have already seen, that a country like South Korea that I have visited, has already committed itself in Haiti. We will also revitalize our relations with Taiwan, [...] so that the cooperation will be directed in line with the needs of the Haitian people, and in line with Government priorities... We want our General Policy, to be the compass for all cooperants.

We also appointed, through parliament, 11 different ambassadors. We will send five others, so that Haiti has decent representations. The profile of the diplomats was also adjusted, and is based on the priorities of the Martelly-Lamothe government, which is for Business Diplomacy and development, to attract private investment, and be able to put the country at the level that we have defined.

We will participate in the 42nd Summit of the OAS, to be held in Cochabamba, in Bolivia. We will also attend the summit, RIO+20 where we will be represented by the President of the Republic. There are several other requests for cooperation. We have excellent relations with CARICOM countries [...] In regard to multilateral relations, I think that relations are better than ever [...] We are a member of CELAC and we will enhance our relationships with these countries. They have accepted Haiti as a member of the Ibero-American summit, as we had asked them..."