Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly with Justin Trudeau, November 15, 2022. Kilpatrick Sean/Kilpatrick Sean/CP/ABACA
DECODE – Another blunder by Canada’s foreign minister has sparked outrage in the Dominican Republic.
In Montreal (Canada)
“We want a coordination center (Canadian support for the PNH, the national police force of Haiti, editor’s note) be operational this summer Dominican Republic‘ declared Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly at the end of the week, before thanking her Dominican counterpart and ‘Dear colleague Roberto for his support“. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, Roberto Alvarez, replied: “The Dominican government confirms that it has not discussed, agreed or approved the establishment of a coordination office to support the PNH on our territory“.
Mélanie Joly’s faux pas triggered a diplomatic and media storm in Santo Domingo. “Our country has not and will not accept any initiative that would compromise Dominican sovereigntyadded presidential spokesman Homero Figueroa. The media and political parties condemned Ottawa. “The international community…
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