Trudeau heading to Bahamas next week to meet with Caribbean political leaders – National | 24CA News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau might be travelling to the Bahamas subsequent week to fulfill along with his counterparts from 20 Caribbean governments.
A launch from Trudeau’s workplace says he might be in Nassau on Feb. 15 and 16 as a particular visitor of the forty fourth Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, generally known as Caricom.
The assertion says Haiti might be a key dialogue matter as leaders wrestle with methods to assist a rustic beset by political instability and rising gang violence.
Hundreds have been killed and kidnapped by gangs who’ve crammed an influence vacuum in Haiti, the place no elections have taken place since earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Haitian authorities has known as for worldwide army assist to stabilize the nation, and U.S. officers have stated Canada could be a perfect possibility to guide such a pressure, however Trudeau has stated Ottawa will solely act based mostly on a political consensus of Haitians.
Canada introduced final week it despatched a long-range patrol plane to Haiti to assist monitor gang exercise, co-ordinate the supply of significant safety gear and supply humanitarian assist.
