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"Tenebrous" sectors seek to maintain conflict with Haiti, Dominican ambassador says

last on Mar 26 at 11:22 AM

SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican ambassador in Haiti yesterday said there are "tenebrous" sectors interested in maintaining an atmosphere of conflict between both countries and boycott the actions of their authorities to restore a climate where harmony and peaceful coexistence are the priority.

Jose Serulle Ramia, interviewed by newspaper El Caribe, said important sectors in both countries are involved in those "negative forces" which promote confrontation between Haiti and Dominican Republic.

The diplomat said those sectors are joined by maneuvers from abroad which have no interest that these neighboring nations establish a framework of legality which evaluates discusses and puts an end to historical differences. "Those negative forces mount campaigns; they distort what one person or another says; they distort the principles that can reign over the life of civilized states."

Despite this situation, which in his view disturbs the Dominico-Haitians relations, Serulle said presidents Leonel Fernandez and René Preval are also concerned and seek common ground to solve the problems of their two nations.

To show the importance of his statements' regarding the good relations between Haiti and Dominican Republic, the diplomat noted that in the last three years local trade grew from 300 to more than 800 products exported to the former. "If there are two countries which are called to have wide-reaching cooperation agreements and interchanges in all areas, they are Haiti and Dominican Republic, because we are parts of a territory that we share."