The Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that is closely monitoring the current situation in Haiti.
As part of its efforts, the Ministry has established communication with companies operating in Haiti that employ Sri Lankan nationals.
These companies have confirmed that Sri Lankan citizens are safe and located away from the areas affected by the ongoing unrest.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Cuba, which is accredited to Haiti, maintains regular contact with these companies to ensure the safety and well-being of Sri Lankan nationals.
Gunmen have assaulted two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital in an attack that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas and suggested that a gang insurrection that prompted the prime minister to resign is far from over.
Assailants looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise on Monday, forcing residents to flee as some called radio stations pleading for police. Both neighborhoods had previously remained largely peaceful despite a surge in gang attacks across Port-au-Prince that began on 29 February.
Afterwards, the bodies of at least 12 men lay strewn on the streets of nearby Pétion-Ville.
The attacks raised concerns that the violence would not cease despite the announcement by the prime minister, Ariel Henry, last week that he would resign once a transitional presidential council was created, a move that gangs had been demanding.
The council has yet to be appointed, as political coalitions jockey for power, and one faction rejected the plan outright.
Gangs have long opposed Henry, saying he was never elected by the people as they blame him for deepening poverty, but the armed groups have themselves been accused of trying to seize power for themselves or for unidentified Haitian politicians.
