The investigation launched by the Haitian government against its ambassador in Washington, Bochit Edmond, for the issuance of unauthorized passports was confirmed this Friday by a spokesman for the United States Department of State.
Edmond’s sister, Betyna Edmond, an official at the Haitian consulate in New York, and several other members of the diplomatic mission of the Caribbean country accused of participating in the granting of passports without authorization, thus violating government law, would also be involved in the plot. Haitian.
The State Department reported being aware of these allegations.
The spokesman referred to the Creole service of the voice of america to the US Department of Justice regarding any criminal charges and investigations related to this case.
the haitian milieu June 7 published this Thursday an article about Ambassador Edmond that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Haiti, Jean Victor Geneus, replied on his official Twitter account, where he cites information from the ministry and that Ambassador Edmond was definitely called to Haiti since May 3 .
According to the article, the United States accuses the Ambassador of violating the Vienna Convention on International Law.
The Vienna Convention contains a series of treaties that establish a framework for the establishment and establishment of diplomatic relations on the basis of consent between independent sovereign states.
[Jacquelin Belizaire, Jean Robert Philippe, Jeanty Augustin Junior en Washington y Valerio Saint Louis en Nueva York contribuyeron a este despacho]
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