The European Union has withdrawn all its diplomatic staff from Haiti

– International news – Tasnim news agency According to the German newspaper Die Welt, due to the “significant deterioration of the security situation”, the European Union has laid off all its employees. He was brought out of Haiti and brought to a safe place. The violence in this Caribbean country intensified in the absence of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who was on a trip outside the country in Kenya. The current government of this country has started looting many police stations, prisons and hospitals and they are planning to capture strategic places such as ports and airports.

Reports indicate that These criminals set fire to the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior, which was built after the terrible earthquake of 2010, and before being pushed back by the army forces, they also set fire to the presidential palace.

Security conditions In Haiti, since Ariel Henry came to power in 2021, it has worsened, and since then, criminal gangs that make their money through kidnapping, drug trafficking and extortion control more than 80% of the city of Port-au-Prince. Armed gangs have been attacking police stations, prisons and courts in Haiti for days and now control most of the capital Port-au-Prince as well as many streets in the rest of the country. So the European Union has now withdrawn all its diplomatic staff from Haiti.

An EU spokesman said in Brussels on Monday that they had been moved to a safer location outside the Caribbean country. He justified this action with the “significant deterioration of the security situation” in this country.

This European Union spokesman said: “The European Union is extremely concerned about the developments in Haiti in the past few days.”

The spokesman of the German Foreign Ministry also said: Due to the escalation of violence in Haiti, the German ambassador and the permanent representative of this country in Port-au-Prince, the capital, left this country on Sunday. They are now working from the neighboring country until further notice.

The United States had previously announced the departure of its employees from its embassy in Port-au-Prince. In addition, measures to protect the embassy building were strengthened. The U.S. State Department said the embassy would limit its operations but remain open.

Haiti violence in the absence of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry while he was on an overseas trip in Kenya. , intensified. Armed gangs in the country are demanding the resignation of Henry, who was actually supposed to step down in early February. Instead, at the end of February, Henry agreed with the opposition to rule together until new elections are held “within twelve months.”

The gunmen stormed the presidential palace on Friday, according to the Haitian police union. and attacked the police headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Thus, several attackers were killed.

Haiti has been in a serious crisis for years, which includes not only gang violence, but also political instability and economic problems. According to the UN report, the number of people who need humanitarian aid in this country has doubled in the last five years alone.

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