José del Castillo Saviñón, the Minister of Industry and Commerce of the Dominican Republic, aid that the political situation that Haiti experience at present prevents rapid progress in the talks that had resumed last month in Barahona in the meeting of presidents and Danilo Medina and Michel Martelly https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15450-haiti-dominican-republic-resumption-of-bilateral-dialogue.html

He recalled that the business relationship between the two countries worsened when the Haitian authorities decided, without warning the Dominican Republic previously, to ban the entry of 23 products on its territory by land https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15156-haiti-notice-import-ban-by-road-of-certain-products-from-dr.html

The Minister Saviñón explained that as the political and electoral situation in the neighboring country will not be resolved, the conditions for the coming of President Danilo Medina in Haiti, are not met.

However, he hopes that in the coming days may be held a bilateral working meeting with ministers to advance the case "toward the lifting of the ban by the government of Haiti on the import of 23 goods by road."

SL/ iciHaiti