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Santo Domingo, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Dominican President Luis Abinader returned to his country after attending at the G77+China Summit in Cuba, where he called for promoting an innovative culture based on education and technology.
The Dominican Republic shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti on Friday in a dispute about construction of a canal on Haitian soil that taps into a shared river, as armed Dominican soldiers patrolled entry points and military planes roared overhead. Flights were canceled and border towns usually teeming with vendors and Haitians crossing daily to work in the Dominican Republic were subdued. It was unclear how long the rare closure of the borders will last, with Dominican President Luis Abinader saying the measure will remain in place “as long as necessary.”
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti on Friday said it had taken “note of the decision” by the Dominican Republic to close its borders insisting that as a sovereign nation it will decide on the “exploit.