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Defense Minister Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre met with Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Secretary-General’s special representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), at the Ministry of Defense (MIDE) headquarters in Santo Domingo last week.
The meeting focused on international cooperation, border security, and coordinating multilateral efforts to address the Haitian crisis. Attendees included BINUH chief of staff William P. Gardner, political officer Caroline McQueen, and Gilberto Núñez from the Ministry of Foreign Relations.
Fernández Onofre emphasized that the Ministry of Defense is maintaining constant vigilance and readiness, and that it values cooperation with the UN to find sustainable solutions.
The meeting comes as the United States announced its support for UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s...
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