DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic achieved a significant diplomatic breakthrough on Wednesday, 25 June 2025 by securing that the United Nations Security Council schedule a meeting for Monday, 30 June to discuss the ongoing crisis in Haiti. Diario Libre reports the meeting was scheduled in response to the request made in a letter by four sitting and past Presidents of the Dominican Republic.

Diario Libre reports the meeting was requested by the A3++ group—which includes Sierra Leone, Somalia, Algeria, and Guyana—following the public release of a letter signed jointly by Dominican President Luis Abinader and former Presidents Danilo Medina, Leonel Fernández, and Hipólito Mejía. The letter was addressed to the leaders of Security Council member states and delivered through the Dominican Republic’s diplomatic mission to the UN.

Particularly noteworthy is that the letter reached...