23456: Blanchet: Fw: [Daily-briefing] Daily Press Briefing (October 15, 2004) (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Max Blanchet <MaxBlanchet@worldnet.att.net>

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>
>                          Daily Press Briefing
>                           Statements made by
>              the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson
>                              (excerpts)

>
> HAITI
> =====
>
> Q - Do you have any reaction to the comments by former president Aristide
> which appeared in a major evening newspaper yesterday?
>
> The residents of Port-au-Prince and the UN peacekeepers deployed in
> application of Security Council resolutions are coming under fire from
> supporters of the former president.
>
> We forcefully condemn this violence.  We note that the former president
> seems, in his comments, to be encouraging the climate of violence now
> prevailing in Haiti.  The destabilizing actions we see today are happening
> even though the international community approved a plan of action on July
> 20 for the country's recovery, which Prime Minister Latortue had
> presented.
>
> The Haitian people as a whole are the victims of these criminal actions
> which prevent international aid from being deployed. The French government
> renews its complete support to the government of Gérard Latortue.
/daily-briefing