ACP Countries Favor Stable Haiti
The Council of Ministers of the Asia-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) Countries said on Tuesday that the elections in Haiti must lead to “institutionalism, stability and development.”

ACP President Onofre Rojas, from the Dominican Republic, recalled that Haiti is one of the Caribbean ACP countries, and asked for international cooperation to strengthen its institutions and to reinstall a viable model of development.

At the latest meeting of the group, he said, all 79 member countries issued a resolution expressing solidarity with the Haitian people and wishing them successful elections.

Rojas, who is the National Coordinator of the Dominican Government for European Funds for Development, said in a brief press release that the Dominican presidency of the group will allow for better cooperation between Europe and Haiti.

He said that the country and President Leonel Fernández are interested in helping Haiti to find a definite solution to the deep crisis that has affected that country over the past few years.

“We call for the attention of all multilateral institutions and from First World countries,” he stressed, “to take advantage of this excellent opportunity to make a genuine effort to rebuild the poorest country in the region.”