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Bocchit Edmond, Haiti’s ambassador to the US, hired LFA Holdings on June 22 to build support for a Congressional visit and handle outreach to the private sector.
Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse was gunned down on July 7.
Edmond has rejected calls in Congress to delay the elections scheduled for September.
“I believe the United States Congress supported elections in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the security situation is even worse than Haiti,” he told the CBS affiliate in Miami.
LFA’s letter of agreement with Edmond calls for the Newark firm to work closely with him “to formulate an effective, tailored strategy and program to achieve your core strategic objectives of mobilizing support for the initiatives.”
LFA also represents Somalia’s ambassador to the US, Ali Sharif Ahmed.
The Williams Group is providing strategic counsel, tactical planning and government relations work for war-torn Sudan.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer is helping the Embassy of Uzbekistan's efforts to attract increased trade and investment in Central Asia’s most populous country.
Cornerstone Government Affairs has signed a six-month agreement to represent Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the US.
Florida’s Corvus Strategic Partners has signed to represent the interests of Colombia regarding its relations with the US.
Gunster Strategies Worldwide is representing the interests of the Chagossian Government in Exile, which opposes the planned UK transfer of the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, which hosts the joint UK/US military base, to Mauritius.
