PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haitian and Dominican Republic senior authorities officers have talked to calm the tensions which have escalated this week following the protest towards the patrols carried out by the Dominican military because the closure of the border in September.
“The Ministry of International Affairs and Non secular Affairs informs that the Minister of International Affairs and Non secular Affairs, Jean-Victor Geneus, spoke together with his Dominican counterpart, Roberto Alvarez, following the occasions of Tuesday, November 7, alongside the Haitian-Dominican border…throughout which Dominican troopers, supported by armored autos and a helicopter, based on observers, violated Haitian territory, apparently in response to what they take into account to be a Haitian incursion on their territory,” the Chancellery of Haiti mentioned in a press release.
The assertion mentioned that confronted with this example, which has generated nice rigidity within the space and discontent among the many inhabitants, “the 2 Chancellors agreed to work to calm tensions, to keep away from any escalation whereas awaiting a passable resolution by worldwide regulation.
”The Ministry of International Affairs and Non secular Affairs reiterates the Authorities’s need to proceed dialogue and negotiation with the Dominican occasion and takes the chance to enchantment for calm and serenity,” the assertion added.
On Wednesday, the Dominican Republic confirmed {that a} group of Haitians entered the nation on Tuesday to protest towards the patrols.
However talking at a information convention within the Dominican Republic, Álvarez known as on the Haitian authorities to imagine their obligations.
“We’re launching a robust enchantment to the Haitian authorities to imagine management of order on their territory and keep away from new conditions which proceed to irritate the already delicate state of affairs, such because the incidents not too long ago perpetrated by a few of its residents which provoked the Dominican navy,” he mentioned.
Álvarez additionally denied a press assertion issued by the Haitian Ministry of International Affairs, during which he’s reported to have mentioned that “the incidents that occurred on November 7 have been attributable to provocative actions carried out by the Military of the Dominican Republic, which embrace alleged violations of Haitian house, each air, and land.
“We affirm that the Dominican Republic has not violated in any approach the territorial integrity of Haiti,” mentioned Álvare, including that the Dominican Republic reiterates its need “to interact in frank, clear and accountable dialogue to resolve the present disaster” but additionally firmly declares that it’s going to take, by the regulation, “all crucial measures protect its territorial integrity.”
On Wednesday, the Dominican Republic confirmed {that a} group of Haitians entered the nation on Tuesday to protest towards the patrols carried out by the Dominican military because the closure of the border between the 2 international locations in September.
”The Dominican Authorities considers this motion a provocation to generate a battle with unpredictable penalties which is able to solely worsen relations between the 2 international locations. We demand that the [Haitian] authorities instantly finish this sort of violation,” the Authorities mentioned in a press release, including, “We warn that our Authorities will fulfill the constitutional mandate to protect Dominican territorial sovereignty.”
The Authorities mentioned the protest occurred round Pyramid 13, positioned on the border dividing the 2 international locations.
“A gaggle of Haitian nationals entered Dominican territory to impede the auto patrol carried out by the Military of the Dominican Republic on the highway on the west aspect of the clever peripheral fence on this border space. This motion seems to be because of an obvious misunderstanding by Haitian residents relating to the boundaries of the borders that separate the 2 international locations.”
In September, the Dominican Republic President, Luis Abinader, issued an order for the entire closure of the nation’s border with Haiti, encompassing land, air, and sea routes, as the 2 international locations which make up the Caribbean island of Hispaniola proceed to be at odds over the excavation of a supposed canal in Haiti that the Spanish-speaking nation says will divert water from the Bloodbath River and hurt its farmers and the setting.
The river runs in each international locations and is called for a bloody battle between Spanish and French colonizers within the 1700s.
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