Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduardo Latorre said that agreements on tourism, health, agriculture, environment and commerce and migration will be discussed during the meeting of President of Haiti Rene Preval and President Leonel Fernández in Port-au-Prince this 18-21 June. There have been contradictions over whether the migration topic, the most controversial, will be part of the conversations. Haiti has requested agreements that would regularize the status of thousands of Haitians that have crossed the border, granting thousands of these Dominican nationality. And the DR seeks that a bill that has been drawn up with the counsel of the International Organization for Migration be passed. President Leonel Fernández will spend two nights in Haiti. He will arrive in Haiti at 5 pm on Thursday, 18 June remaining until Saturday, 20 June in the morning. The Dominican President’s visit to Haiti follows the session of the III Meeting of the Dominican-Haitian Bilateral Commission in Port-au-Prince from 16-17 June. This commission is responsible for setting policy and agreements between the two neighboring countries.
