The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that all seven Bahamian diplomats were airlifted out of Port-au-Prince, Haiti by helicopter on Friday and have since landed safely in the neighboring Dominican Republic.
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In a statement late Friday, Prime Minister Dr. Phillip Davis expressed deep gratitude to the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, and the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic, Roberto Alvarez, for the execution of the process.
The development comes after the Prime Minister on Thursday ordered all Bahamian diplomatic personnel in Haiti to immediately leave the country as soon as security conditions permitted. He cited the rapidly devolving and unstable conditions reported regarding violent gang killings of police personnel and protests in the French-speaking country.
Over the past few days, outraged rebel police officers “paralyzed” Port-au-Prince in protest of a slew of killings of police officers by Haitian gangs.
This week, more than a hundred protesters blocked roads, shotguns into the air, and broke through gates in the capital’s airport and the Prime Minister’s house.
This follows a protracted period of violence and tension in Haiti after President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home by armed men in July 2021.
The Bahamas’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that once conditions improve, a team from the Bahamas will be sent back to Haiti without further announcement. CMC
