BRASILIA, Aug. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- UN peacekeeping forces presence in Haiti should be extended for another four years, UN special envoy to Haiti Juan Gabriel Valdes was quoted as saying by local media Tuesday.

    Valdes made the remarks when meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim on the situation of the Untied Nations Mission for the Stabilization of Haiti (MINUSTAH).

    Brazil is in charge of the military command of MINUSTAH and has the largest contingent in Haiti with 1,200 troops.

    MINUSTAH troops will be reinforced in September to maintain security in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince before the year-end presidential election.

    Meanwhile, Valdes rejected the suggestion by some analysts for postponing the election due to insecurity in the country.

    "I absolutely dissent, because nothing produces more lack of stability than postponing the existence of an acting government," he said.

    Since the 2004 ouster of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who is now living in exile in South Africa, more than 1,000 people have been killed in violence and clashes between the police and Aristide's followers.

    The UN Security Council said in June that the number of MINUSTAH troops will be increased from 6,700 to 7,500 due to escalating violence in Port-au-Prince. Enditem