President Luis Abinader met yesterday with his Haitian counterpart, Jovenel Moise, to review the bilateral agenda on security, health, trade, migration, energy and the evolution of the political process in the sister country.
The President also announced that in the coming days he will make public a statement of the agreements reached.
“Today I held a meeting with the President of Haiti, @moisejovenel, to review the bilateral agenda: security, health, trade, migration, energy and the evolution of the political process in Haiti. We will publish a statement of agreements in the coming days, “Abinader wrote on his Twitter account @luisabinader.
The meeting was also broadcast by Moses through his account @ moisejovenel, where he wrote: “Today I met again with Dominican President Luis Abinader to discuss the priorities of the bilateral agenda between Haiti and the Dominican Republic:
security, health, trade, migration, energy, and the evolution of the Haitian political process. A joint statement will be published soon, “the Haitian president posted with a photo of both heads of state, as Abinader did.
Haiti remains the second most important trading partner for the Dominican Republic, surpassed only by the United States, but relations have been affected in recent years by the impediments the neighboring government has imposed on many products exported from here, a pending problem .
Elías Piña’s tour
President Abinader also posted on his Twitter account: “We are currently on a surveillance tour in the southern border area of the country, where we are visiting the Coordinated Interinstitutional Border Management Station in Carrizal and the Antonio Duvergé Detachment in Elías Piña Province.” .
According to a note from the Presidency’s Communication Directorate, Abinader made his first visit to the border area and landed at various points along the line with Haiti.
The president arrived in the area by helicopter around 9:00 in the morning, right in the community of Carrizal, Punto Bandera, Elías Piña province, where the headquarters of General Antonio Duvergé’s army is located.
Abinader was accompanied by the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Rafael Luciano Díaz Morfa; the head of the military aides, his assistant Mercedes Pichardo and the president’s cabinet secretary, Eylin Beltrán.
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First visit to the border area
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President Abinader made his first visit to the border area yesterday, since taking office on August 16 last year.
Comandates.
He was received by the director of J-3 plans and training, General Guerrero Clase, the director of the Specialized Border Security Corps, General Durán Infante and other commanders.