Canada warships sail to Haiti for surveillance mission

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 18, 2023 1:30 am

OTTAWA: Canada is deploying two warships off the coast of Haiti over the coming weeks to conduct surveillance of the crisis-hit country and support local police, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday (Friday in Manila).

Speaking to a meeting of Caribbean leaders in the Bahamian capital Nassau, he said the ships will 'conduct surveillance, gather intelligence and maintain a maritime presence off the Haitian coast in the coming weeks.

WORSENING UNREST Journalists demonstrate to demand the release of their colleague Jean Thony Lorthé and his two relatives, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Another Haitian journalist has been kidnapped by gangs, a government office announced on Feb. 8, 2023. Canada is deploying two warships off the coast of Haiti over the coming weeks to conduct surveillance of the crisis hit country and support local police, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 (February 17 in Manila). AFP PHOTO

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