SANTO DOMINGO.- The Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the Reuters news agency with a statement that it continues to work with 20 countries and international organizations to strengthen the Haitian police and increase the security of Haiti, after the refusal of the Dominican Republic to allow the establishment on its territory of an office responsible for coordinating its assistance.

He also noted that he maintains ongoing talks “to finalize a location that supports the group’s work in geographic proximity.”

Reuters says the statement does not establish where else in the Caribbean the office will be located in the face of the Dominican refusal, according to Diario Libre.

The Dominican Republic said Friday, June 16 that “it has not discussed, agreed or granted” authorization for Canada to set up an office on national territory to coordinate international security assistance to the National Police. of Haiti, Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez said later that Canadian media such as Radio-Canada, the Toronto Star and the Canadian Press echoed reports indicating that an agreement had been reached to establish a Canadian Haiti Aid Office in the country.

THE MINISTER THANKS DR

Today, the American newspaper Miami Herald published that the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, thanked the Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs during the international meeting which discussed the Haitian crisis.

“Joly even took the opportunity to thank his counterpart, the Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs Roberto Álvarez Gil,” reads the article signed by journalist Jacqueline Charles.

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