France May Send Troops to Quell Haiti Uprising

France may send troops to its strife torn former colony Haiti but first wants President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to push for talks to calm the country’s uprising.

The international community, including France, is ready to mobilise but “that supposes a spurt of effort by Haiti’s political class, that President Aristide commits himself to a respect of civil peace. That’s his first responsibility,” French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said today.

France has military resources at its overseas territories in the Caribbean near Haiti that could be rapidly deployed in the event of an emergency and a decision to intervene, de Villepin said.

Aristide has appealed for international help to quell the uprising that has killed more than 50 people and destabilised the country. Rebels have taken control of parts of the north and centre of Haiti.

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