El Caribe features an interview with French Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Jean Claude Moyret, in which he expresses that he is conscious of the heavy burden imposed on the DR by the crisis in neighboring Haiti. He reassured that France is making moves to encourage European nations to take more responsibility to assist Haiti, in order to avoid what he describes as ?a potential humanitarian and environmental catastrophe?. Moyret stressed the need for political reform in Haiti as a pre-requisite for external help. He also outlines his government’s policy on the war in Iraq.