The Dominican Republic would never have authorized Canada to set up an office in that Caribbean country to coordinate international assistance to the Haitian National Police.

At least, Roberto Alvarez, the Dominican foreign minister, expressed disbelief in a tweet published on Friday in response to an announcement by Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly.

“The Dominican government confirms that it has not discussed, accepted or approved the establishment on its territory of a coordination office to support the Haitian National Police, as indicated by a Canadian media report,” he said.

Radio-Canada announced on Thursday that Canada would lead an operation to coordinate international aid in Haiti while avoiding the deployment of troops in the country plagued by a serious political and humanitarian crisis.

M^Me Joly said hours later on the sidelines of a special ministerial meeting that she wanted to “support Haitian-led solutions.” Because of this, the Trudeau government chose to settle in the neighboring Dominican Republic.

At the time of writing, neither Mélanie Joly nor Global Affairs Canada had responded to Mr. Alvarez’s message.

For several months, the United States has been asking Canada to lead a multinational force in support of the Haitian government while criminal gangs terrorize and plunder the country. However, Canada had always refused to gain a foothold there.

Thursday M^Me Joly also announced that Ottawa would increase its Haiti law enforcement funding by $13 million. That amount came on top of the $100 million Justin Trudeau pledged during Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa last March.

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