US plans to back renewing Haiti security mission mandate, Blinken says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 5 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that he plans to back renewing a United Nations mandate for an international security mission to help Haiti fight armed gangs that have taken over much of the country’s capital and expanded to nearby regions.

The mission’s mandate, first approved for 12 months, is set to expire at the start of October, but has seen few results with few troops on the ground and far less funding than hoped. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and Harold Isaac; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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