He pfirst ministro from Haiti, Garry Conille, visited this Friday the channel built by civilians in the border river massacre to divert its water to their country.
“I have come to make this visit today to see, listen and understand,” said the head of Government in the Haitian city of Juana Méndez, where he met with various personalities.
The information was published by the Haitian Prime Minister on the social network X. The ruler was accompanied by officials, and a crowd gathered to observe and take pictures.
He pfirst ministro He was also at the Codevi industrial park, where he met with its directors and planted a tree in the company of Fernando Capellánits president. The topics discussed are currently unknown.
Conflict about the channel
The construction of the channel on the Massacre River started in 2023, generated a conflict between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, a country that considers that the work violates international agreements and treaties.
In September of that same year, the government Dominican ordered the closure of the borders with Haiti in response to the construction of the channelwhich it considers illegal. It subsequently reopened the border crossings.
While Haiti, during the administration of Ariel Henry, considered that the only adequate result to the conflict with the Dominican Republic was the “equitable distribution of transboundary rivers.”
In addition to opposing the diversion of the waters of the Massacre, the government Dominican He also arranged for the rehabilitation of the channel La Vigía, in Dajabón, as a measure to guarantee water to producers on this side of the border.
