Mr. Speaker, according to the dispatch I read, President Clinton went further than what the minister said. He did not simply say that he was not ruling out any option, he specifically said that he was not ruling out the option of armed intervention, which is an important distinction when a U.S. president makes statements on such vital issues.
I therefore ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs whether he can tell us today if his government received assurances that the proposed reinforcement of trade sanctions will not lead to an increase in black-market activities controlled by the military junta and the Haitian police.