The United States has played a supporting role behind Kenya’s deployment of a security force tasked with helping the Haitian police combat gangs.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. will push for more funding for an international police force working to take on armed gangs in Haiti. Blinken told reporters at a press conference Thursday while in Port-au-Prince that he discussed with Haitian leaders how to increase support for the United Nations-backed mission,

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel Thursday to Haiti as the U.S. backs a struggling mission to restore order to the Caribbean nation plagued by armed gangs. Blinken will meet with Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille and Edgard Leblanc Fils,