CARICOM Chairman Roosevelt Skerritt says the African Union will be engaged to assist with the unrest in Haiti.

His statement at yesterday’s closing ceremony of the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting follows a call earlier this week by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a robust international force to address the humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in T&T yesterday, reaching a broadly supported agreement to enable a return to democratic order as quickly as possible.

According to US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller, the leaders agreed on the urgency of deploying a UN-authorized multinational force or peacekeeping operation.

The aim, he says, is to enable the Haitian National Police to restore peace and security and alleviate the humanitarian crisis.