Haiti blasts Macron's criticism of transition council as 'unfriendly and inappropriate'


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  • Friday, 22 Nov 2024

France's President Emmanuel Macron listens to Chile's President Gabriel Boric (not pictured) as he delivers a statement during a visit to the Chilean Navy icebreaker 'Almirante Viel', in Valparaiso, Chile November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's foreign minister met with the French ambassador to the nation on Thursday over what the ministry branded as "unfriendly and inappropriate" comments by French President Emmanuel Macron as he left the G20 summit in Brazil.

Macron had on Wednesday described the decision of the Caribbean country's transitional presidential council to oust the prime minister earlier this month amid an escalation in gang warfare as "completely dumb."

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