Dominican President Luis Abinader said his government would continue supporting El Salvador’s military operations in Haiti with logistics and intelligence. He called for closer coordination between Salvadoran troops and the gang suppression force. He also described reinforced border surveillance, with armoured vehicles, drones and personnel prepared for a possible contingency on the Dominican side.
Dominican President Luis Abinader said on 10 November that his government was supporting El Salvador’s military operations in Haiti with logistics and intelligence. Speaking to reporters, he backed Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and pledged to continue that assistance. His remarks concerned support for Salvadoran troops operating against gangs in Haiti, the Dominican Republic’s neighbour.[1], [2]
Abinader called for the gang suppression force and Salvadoran military to work jointly and coherently. He said Dominican diplomats had recommended closer coordination where differences arose between the forces. El Salvador’s defence minister, René Francis Merino Monroy, was communicating almost daily with his Dominican counterpart, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre, according to the president.[1]
The president also described preventive measures along the Dominican side of the Haitian border. Armoured vehicles, drones and military personnel were prepared for a possible contingency, he said, adding that such a situation had not yet occurred. His government was monitoring developments continuously and had reinforced surveillance as part of its border precautions.[1]
