Speaking on behalf of the ACS membership, Silié declared “We are happy to transmit our congratulations to the Haitian people, the competent authorities and the international organisations, all of whom contributed to the achievement of this exemplary political action.”

Gérard Latortue had met with the Rubén Silié at the ACS Secretariat last month while on a visit to Trinidad and Tobago, and the two leaders exchanged promises of mutual support; Latortue reaffirming Haiti’s commitment to the ACS and Silié expressing the ACS Member countries’ solidarity with the people of Haiti.

About the ACS

The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba , France on behalf of French Guiana , Guadeloupe , and Martinique , and the Netherlands Antilles .

For further information, please contact:

Denise Lewis Martínez
Communications Officer
Association of Caribbean States
E-mail: communications@acs-aec.org
Tel : 1-868-622-9575
Fax : 1-868-622-1653