AlHijjah 30, 1436, October 14, 2015, SPA -- The leaders of Haiti and the Dominican Republic have pledged to work toward "better harmonization" regarding a thorny citizenship dispute and ease a trade squabble between the two neighbors, AP reported. After a roughly five-hour Tuesday meeting, Dominican President Danilo Medina's government agreed to talk to Haiti about coordinating a return of Haitian migrants who do not have legal residency. Relations between the neighbors have grown increasingly strained since a Dominican court ruled in 2013 that children born in the country to non-citizens did not qualify for automatic citizenship because their migrant parents were "in transit." Medina and Haitian President Michel Martelly also vowed Tuesday to create a committee to seek solutions to a trade dispute. Haiti recently banned 23 products from crossing over land borders, angering the Dominican government and merchants.
