Santo Domingo.- The Dominican President, Luis Abinader, revealed on Monday that next week will meet with the US secretary of state, Marco Rubioto deal with the crisis in Haiti, within the framework of the United Nations General Assembly.
The ruler said that he will talk to Rubio about the “new vision” that Donald Trump’s administration has about how to face the situation of insecurity and disorder of all the orders of Haitian activities because of the armed bands.
“We are going to the UN and, obviously, we will deal with the new vision of the United States Government On how to face the situation (in Haiti), we are going to hold bilateral meetings, even requested by them (United States), ”he said in his usual meeting of Mondays with the media in the National Palace.
He remembered that for Dominican Republic The Haitian theme is “fundamental” within its foreign policy. “We cannot be absent from those discussions there in New York, during the United Nations Assembly,” he added.
Last May, the Secretary of United States State, Marco Rubiosuggested that the Organization of American States (OAS) I play a “more important” role in Haiti, where he acknowledged that the country is being taken by criminal gangs.
Rubio said the Trump government He is “prepared to play a leadership role” in the intervention of the OAS in Haiti, but that needs the acceptance of other partners in the region “who are equally affected, if not more, for what is happening there.”
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Haiti and Dominican Republic They share a border of almost 400 kilometers, where this last country lifts a gate and where it has sent thousands of soldiers to, according to the authorities, prevent Haitian bands from using the Dominican territory and to combat drug trafficking, human trafficking and smuggling, among other illicit.
Last week, the president of Kenya, William Ruto, reported that the multinational mission Safety support (MSS) in Haiti, led by his country and backed by the United States, ends his mandate next October and asked the UN Security Council that guides a “responsible and timely transition.”
The MSS was approved in 2023 Por him Security Council In response to the Haitian Government’s request, in the midst of an escalation of violence starring armed bands that control about 90 % of the capital and other areas of the country.
The MSS entered into action in 2024, to support the National Police of Haiti, and is currently made up of some 1,000 troops, most of them Kenyans.
However, according to data from the UN, Haiti registered a 24 % increase in intentional homicides during the first six months of the year, reaching a total of 4,026 murders. In addition, violence has caused internal displacement of more than 1.3 million people.
