MEarlier, the Dominican Foreign Minister traveled to Haiti alone, although he was accompanied by the DNI director. The idea was to talk to sectors and people with total freedom and without protocol.
If the visit were official, the host would manage the agenda, and the guest would have to submit to the established rigors.
Thus, the information collected would be partial and self-interested.
The Dominican Foreign Minister has never explained in detail the goals and objectives, a behavior typical of diplomacy, in which discretion is an essential element.
Weeks later, the Haitian foreign minister came to the Dominican Republic and his stay was strange. It was an official visit, but he spent much of his time exchanging with his fellow citizens in the diaspora.
He listened to complaints, echoed complaints, and promised procedures that were easier for him as a representative of the Haitian state.
The intimacy of those meetings was not known either, but there was relief and an important goal was achieved: to establish a communication between the authorities there and the compatriots who live here.
The Haitian foreign minister was received by his Dominican counterpart and, in a sincere conversation, put the books on the table, without holding them by the sleeve.
He was even taken to the National Palace, where he met with the Dominican president. When he left, he did not want to talk to reporters and was noticed as upset.
When I found out, I found out that he had been asked not to talk so much, because the treatment was delicate and it was not convenient to provoke here or there.
These were the preliminaries of the meeting between Luis Abinader and Jovenel Moise in a place near the border last Sunday.
A meeting that was not talked about much, although it was later promised to expand and send a joint statement, which happened earlier this week.
Curiosity disturbed the cat, it did not kill him and the discretion marked somewhat. The nine points are a novelty and signify an important turning point in bilateral relations.
The previous government sought the part of China, the current one with the United States, but it is not forgotten that Haiti also exists. Will follow.