Dominican Republic: Monsignor Piergorgio Bertoldi urges dialogue with Haiti

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Monsignor Piergorgio Bertoldi, apostolic nuncio of His Holiness in the Dominican Republic, considered that the dispute between this country and neighboring Haiti over the construction of a canal on the Masacre River should be dealt with through dialogue. teleSUR

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00:00 Monsignor Pior Gorgio Bertoldi, Apostolic Nuncio of Pope Francis in the Dominican Republic,

00:05 called for dialogue to resolve the conflict between the Caribbean nation and Haiti over

00:09 the canalization of the Massacre River.

00:12 Bertoldi led the Mass on the occasion of the Day of the Virgin of Las Mercedes, patron

00:16 saint of the Dominican Republic, in the province of La Vega, where thousands of parishioners

00:21 came to commemorate the feast.

00:23 In his homily at the National Sanctuary, Bertoldi said that the issue of the canal being built

00:28 by the Haitians on the Massacre River, which the two territories naturally share, must

00:34 be resolved through dialogue.

00:35 In this sense, the representative of Pope Francis urged that all voices be heard at

00:40 the talks table, such as those of the farmers and traders who seek to support their families

00:45 in the binational market.

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