The United States has dropped a push for the U.N. Security Council to ask for a plan to transform a security mission helping fight armed gangs in Haiti into a formal U.N. peacekeeping operation, a move some diplomats said was made to appease Russia and China.

The Biden administration is dropping its push to have the Kenya-led security mission in Haiti transformed into a formal United Nations peacekeeping operation — at least for now.

We need a resolution and we need to move this mission onto a more sustainable financial path that people can plan against.”

The United States has dropped a push for the U.N. Security Council to ask for a plan to transform a security mission in Haiti - helping fight armed gangs - into a formal U.N. peacekeeping operation, a move made to appease Russia and China,

The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council says he supports a U.N. peacekeeping mission to fight gang violence still overwhelming authorities