Benin offered 2,000 soldiers for the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM) in Haiti. The announcement was made by United States Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield during a press conference on Monday. The diplomat is in Guyana, leading a U.S. delegation participating in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) summit. She stated that she learned just before starting the trip that Benin had offered troops to support the force. The U.S. ambassador added that some Caribbean countries that had promised their support had called for more French-speaking countries to join this effort.

So far, public offers of support for security forces, based on voluntary contributions, have largely come from developing countries in Africa and the Caribbean. The French-language media outlet Martinique 1ère revealed that the Bahamas had finally found 150 soldiers ready to mobilize to come to Haiti. These soldiers will be on the ground alongside other military personnel from Jamaica and South American countries. They underwent training in the Bahamas, which was coordinated by U.S. military personnel. Bahamian officers trained primarily in urban combat.