DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

In a high-stakes day for regional security and binational development, senior United States diplomats and Dominican government officials met on Monday, 16 March 2026 in the Dajabon border area, to finalize preparations for an international force in Haiti and to evaluate the economic impact of the CODEVI industrial park.

Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez led the official meeting to review the status of the international support force tasked with dismantling the gangs that have destabilized Haiti. According to the Foreign Minister, the deployment of this new anti-gang force, authorized by the UN Security Council on 30 September of last year, is scheduled to begin on 1 April 2026.

Minister Álvarez emphasized that the meeting was strictly a bilateral consultation between Dominican officials and US diplomats from the embassies in both Santo Domingo...