Marco Rubio urges Nations to support the GSF to stabilize Haiti

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday urged countries across Latin America and beyond to step up financial and personnel support for the multinational mission working to stabilize Haiti, saying the effort cannot succeed without broader international backing.

Rubio made the appeal while hosting Kenyan President William Ruto at the State Department for a signing ceremony, praising Kenya’s “extraordinary, really heroic role” in leading the security intervention in Haiti.

He said Washington is preparing to move into a new phase focused on establishing a “gang suppression force” to combat the country’s spiraling violence.

“We understand and believe they cannot do it by themselves,” Rubio said. “I wanted to use this as an opportunity to continue to encourage countries in the region and around the world to step up and contribute… We need their money. 

We need their funds, and we need their personnel as well to make this work.”

Rubio added that if “five or 10 countries” contributed even half of Kenya’s current support, “it would be an extraordinary achievement.”