Haitian prime minister meets with Rep. Frederica Wilson in Miami

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille met with U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson on Saturday at the Notre Dame d’Haiti Catholic Church in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, marking his first official visit to the United States as Prime Minister.

Conille, a United Nations development specialist and Haiti’s former 2011-2012 prime minister, left Port-au-Prince on Friday. He entrusted Carlos Hercule, Haiti’s justice minister, to serve as the acting prime minister during his absence amid chronic instability.

Following a meeting that included guests but was closed to the public, Conille and Wilson held a news conference.

“We know for sure that the only way we get out of this successfully within the next 20 months is if our brothers and sisters in the diaspora are actively engaged in the process, and we are looking forward as a transitional government to establishing the systems and the processes and platforms to make sure we can make the most of these incredible assets,” Conille said during the news conference.