DR & Haitian Officials Discuss Border Issues

HAITI – Haiti’s government announced that it met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a recent threat by that country’s president to close all borders in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal.

The brief statement by Haiti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not provide much detail, except to say that both sides were trying to find a “Fair and definitive” solution.

The issue? The use of the Massacre River that runs along the border both countries share on the island of Hispaniola.

Tensions between Haiti and the Dominican Republic deepened Dominican officals announced that he had suspended issuing visas to Haitians and threatened to shut down land, air and sea traffic if the conflict over the canal wasn’t resolved this week.