Wednesday, following the announcement of the Dominican Republic to temporarily close its 5 consulates for security reasons https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13309-haiti-flash-the-dominican-republic-closed-its-5-consulates-in-haiti.html and to the recall of respect for the Vienna Convention of 1961, which established the responsibility of governments to ensure the protection of diplomatic endowments to ensure the physical integrity of its staff, the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not lost time to react.

At a press conference at the Primature on the same day, the Chancellor Duly Brutus announced the implementation of a package of measures and diplomatic actions to achieve a calming environment in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

"[...] We are ready to provide security guarantees to the Dominican Government," recalling that after the "incident that took place in Pétion-Ville https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13260-haiti-social-the-haitian-flag-waving-on-the-dominican-consulate.html the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had written immediately to the Ministry of Justice asking it to take all measures to strengthen security around the embassy and consulates of the Dominican Republic to Haiti." He clarified that the Government will inform the Dominican government that all measures are taken to ensure the safety of consulates and a copy of the letter sent to the Haitian Ministry of Justice concerning these provisions will be forwarded to the Dominican government.

The Chancellor Brutus also announced that the Ambassador resigned Fritz Cinéas would meet shortly Andres Navarro, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominican and President Danilo Medina, adding that the new Ambassador of Haiti to the Dominican Republic, Daniel Daniel Supplice will take office, Monday, March 9.

Duly Brutus ruled out any possibility of confrontation with the Dominican Republic, and that he will meet on March 10 his Dominican counterpart, in Guatemala, during the Summit of Heads of State of the Central American Integration System (SICA) "We will use all diplomatic channels to reduce tensions between the two peoples."

In addition, he announced the distribution of spots in the media to call the Haitian population for calm and avoid any act of violence against the Dominicans in Haiti. "It is extremely important to launch an appeal for calm [...]"

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dominican, also said Wednesday that the Dominican government was open "to continue a frank and sincere bilateral dialogue with the authorities of Haiti for the benefit of both peoples, pending a solution to the dangerous conflict around Dominican consular endowments."

For her part, Cristina Lizardo, the President of the Dominican Senate, described the closure of the Dominican consulates in Haiti as a response "very timely and appropriate to the situation we face today," stressing that the Dominican government had shown prudence with Haiti, recalling that "prudence should not be confused with weakness, because we are aware of the role we have to play, as a country, we continue to be prudent."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13261-haiti-flash-first-and-strong-reactions-from-the-dominican-republic.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13260-haiti-social-the-haitian-flag-waving-on-the-dominican-consulate.html

SL/ HaitiLibre