El Salvador will deploy more than 2,000 troops to Haiti as part of a large-scale operation to rescue four Salvadoran soldiers, the State Department of the central American country reported. "El Salvador will continue with the operational deployment of more than 2,000 soldiers to rescue the four Salvadoran soldiers, in a large-scale operation supported by various countries and international organizations," said the diplomatic source after a telephone conversation between the President of Salvador, Naive Bocale, and the Prime Minister of Haiti, Alix Didier Fils. According to the entity, the parties also referred to the permanency of Salvador's mission in the Caribbean country. On October 22, Bucale announced the beginning of a military operation to free Salvadoran citizens kidnapped by Haitian criminal groups.