SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Republic managed to get the United Nations Security Council to make Haiti a priority during the General Assembly taking place in New York.
Due to the repeated speech of President Luis Abinader and other authorities requesting the intervention of the international community to help the neighboring country with the crisis that affects it, they are already setting their sights on that nation.
Yesterday the country endorsed the position of the Secretary General of the United Nations Organization, António Guterres, that while aid for the training of the Haitian police is consolidated, a robust force is needed, capable of restoring peace and putting an end to the violence unleashed by armed gangs, infiltrated by political and economic power.
Participating in the UN assembly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Álvarez, stressed that the Dominican Government considers that the stabilization efforts in Haiti must be focused, as President Abinader has repeated on numerous occasions, on the immediate pacification and in political dialogue as the only adequate ways to confront violence and chaos.
He explained that international collaboration with the efforts of Haiti and its authorities is vital, if you want to bring stability and tranquility to your people, your neighbors and the region.
While aid from the international community arrives, the situation in Haiti is increasingly precarious due to the increase in violence and protests throughout the country, motivated by the rise in fuel prices and the rejection of Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
The price of gasoline went from 250 to 570 gourdes, diesel went from 353 to 670 gourdes and kerosene from 352 to 665 gourdes. This has the country in a paralysis that has caused street blockades, looting and fires in public and private companies.
On Monday, the departmental directorate office of the Artibonite Ministry of Economy and Finance was attacked, vandalized, looted and set on fire by unknown assailants.
At the different border points, calm has remained, but the Dominican authorities have prepared themselves to avoid any abnormal situation that may arise, acquiring equipment and reinforcing surveillance.
Security
— Police support
The Dominican Foreign Minister advocated before the UN for the need to improve international security support for the Haitian National Police, in its efforts to combat the high levels of violence.
