PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC—The Haitian authorities has defended its determination to have senior authorities officers right here not attend Friday’s inauguration of the second-term President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinade.
Haiti will probably be represented on the ceremony by its chargé d’affaires from the Haitian Embassy in Santo Domingo.
Chancellor Dominique Dupuy has sought to finish speculations relating to Haiti’s refusal to take part within the inauguration ceremony, saying that the closure of the airspace between the 2 international locations continued to Port au Prince’s determination.
The Dominican Republic closed the airspace on September 11, 2023, following a battle between the 2 international locations associated to the development of an irrigation canal in Haiti.
On that day, the Nationwide Safety Council, led by President Abinade, additionally agreed to completely droop the entry of all individuals concerned within the battle and droop the issuance of visas to Haitian residents till additional discover.
Dupuy mentioned that whereas the Dominican Republic had formally knowledgeable Haiti that the ban didn’t have an effect on diplomatic and humanitarian flights, “the Haitian authorities don’t need to profit from a privilege to which the Haitian folks don’t have entry.”
She has reiterated to her Dominican counterpart Roberto Álvarez the place of the Haitian authorities demanding the entire reopening of the airspace with out being restricted to exceptions and with out negotiations.
Nevertheless, in a extra measured “diplomatic language,” Prime Minister Garry Cornille and President Edgar Leblanc Fils of the Transitional Council (TPC) knowledgeable President Abinader “of their lack of ability to go away Haiti, given the a number of pressing obligations associated to the nationwide scenario.”
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