On the morning of March 12 (Vietnam time), the President of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) confirmed that Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry had resigned as head of government of the Caribbean nation.
Ariel Henry was in Puerto Rico, a US territory, on March 11 after being unable to return to Haiti after a visit to Kenya to seek support during the recent outbreak of violence, a US official said.
Henry's resignation announcement came after regional leaders held an emergency meeting in Jamaica to discuss solutions to the unrest in Haiti. In addition to CARICOM leaders, the meeting was attended by special envoys from the United States, France, Canada and the United Nations.
The US State Department confirmed that Secretary of State Antony Blinken attended the meeting. The parties discussed a proposal by CARICOM and Haitian officials to accelerate the political transition in the country, as well as deploy a multinational security mission to restore order.