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Article: Caribbean Community does not plan to recognize Haiti's new interim government, officials say
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- March 26, 2004
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AP Worldstream
03-26-2004
Dateline: BASSETERRE, St. Kitts
The Caribbean Community does not plan to recognize Haiti's new U.S.-backed interim government, senior Caribbean officials said Friday.
Several senior officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the region's leaders made the decision by consensus on their second and final day of their summit.
They said they decided not have formal relations with the new government due to concerns about the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Feb. 29 and the precedent it could set.
On Thursday leaders demanded the U.N. General Assembly investigate Aristide's claims he was abducted at gunpoint by U.S. agents when he left as rebels ...