Haiti opens door for return of ex-president Aristide

PORT-AU-PRINCE | Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:12pm EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE Jan 31 (Reuters) - Haiti's government is ready to issue a diplomatic passport to ousted former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, opening the way for his possible return home from exile in South Africa, a senior official said on Monday.

"The Council of Ministers, under the leadership of President Rene Preval, decided that a diplomatic passport be issued to President Aristide, if he asks for it," Fritz Longchamp, general secretary for the presidency, told Reuters. (Reporting by Joseph Guyler Delva; Editing by Pascal Fletcher and Sandra Maler)

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