Haiti Asks US, UN To Send Troops To Stabilize Country: Minister

"During a conversation with the US Secretary of State and the UN we made this request," elections minister Mathias Pierre told AFP.

Haiti has asked Washington and the UN to send troops to help secure its ports, airport and other strategic sites after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a government minister said Friday. After Moise was killed Wednesday "we thought that the mercenaries could destroy some infrastructure to create chaos in the country. During a conversation with the US Secretary of State and the UN we made this request," elections minister Mathias Pierre told AFP. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)