BAHAMIAN DIPLOMATS SAFELY OUT OF HAITI

THE Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed on Friday that all seven Bahamian diplomats, including the spouse of the Charge d’Affaires, were airlifted out of Port-au-Prince, Haiti by helicopter. They have landed safely in the Dominican

Republic.

“The Prime Minister has expressed his deep gratitude and highest consideration to the President of the Dominican Republic Luis Abinader and the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic Roberto Alvarez for the execution of this process,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that diplomats are likely to be home shortly.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis ordered all Bahamian diplomatic personnel in Haiti to immediately leave the country as soon as security conditions permitted, citing the rapidly devolving and unstable conditions there. The order comes amid reported violent gang killings of police officers and protests in Haiti.