Politics
Haiti and Jamaica in diplomatic spat?
A leading businessman from Haiti has downplayed the recent closure of the Haitian embassy in Jamaica and any adverse impact that may have on trade relations between the two countries.
Haiti withdrew its diplomatic agents three weeks ago, leading to suspicion that a diplomatic row between the two countries, 161 kilometres away from each other in the caribbean sea, could be brewing.
But Philippe Saint-Cyr, executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce of Haiti (AMCHAM), does not believe the government of Haiti made the move with any serious malice towards Jamaica.
It was just a routine change over of diplomats, he said, which came with the change in Haitian prime ministers — Laurent Lamothe replaced Garry Conille earlier this month — despite the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Haiti citing “non-reciprocity” as one of the reasons for its March 30 pull-out.
