Haiti PM visits US, to meet with White House official

Washington: Haiti s new leader was in the United States on Saturday for a visit set to include meetings with international financial institutions as w...

Washington: Haiti's new leader was in the United States on Saturday for a visit set to include meetings with international financial institutions as well as a White House official, his office and a National Security Council spokesperson said.

The trip by Prime Minister Garry Conille, heading the country's transitional government, and other officials comes days after Kenyan police finally arrived in violence-ravaged Haiti, on a long-awaited mission to help stabilize the Caribbean nation, upended by powerful gangs.

Washington has promised generous funding for the UN-backed mission, but ruled out sending American troops. Conille will meet with Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer on Monday, a National Security Council spokesperson said.

Conille, along with his economic and foreign ministers as well as other officials, will also hold "important working meetings" with the heads of international financial institutions, according to his office.

They will also visit Haiti's embassy in Washington and travel to New York, it said.