THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release March 31, 1995 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT CLINTON AND PRESIDENT ARISTIDE IN PHOTO OP The National Palace Port-au-Prince, Haiti Q: President Aristide, was your Interior Minister involved in the Tuesday assassination? PRESIDENT ARISTIDE: No. Q: Have these allegations cast a damper over the President's visit? PRESIDENT ARISTIDE: No. Q: Have you asked the FBI to look into the possibility that he might have been involved in the Bertin death? PRESIDENT ARISTIDE: We welcome help from the international community, from the United States in helping us finding proof of this violence for months -- for days. And together we'll be working. Q: Mr. President, are you satisfied the Interior Minister was not involved? PRESIDENT CLINTON: President Aristide asked the FBI to help investigate this. They are doing an investigation. I think we should applaud this quick and decisive action and let the investigation proceed, and not presume its results. This is a day of celebration, and nothing can cast a cloud on it. It's a day of mission accomplished for the United States; a day of celebration for Haiti and for the United Nations force. And a day for looking ahead for the work still to be done. Q: How did you like your reception, Mr. President? PRESIDENT CLINTON: I liked it a lot. It was very nice. It was great. Q: Must be a little bit tired -- all the handshaking. PRESIDENT CLINTON: It was quite wonderful. Q: -- was your idea? PRESIDENT CLINTON: No, but I liked it, though. THE PRESS: Thank you. -0-