SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) 鈥� U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau is scheduled to meet with officials in the on Saturday as part of an official two-day trip that included a stop in neighboring .
The talks are focused on mutual economic commercial interests and regional priorities including security, according to a U.S. government statement.
The Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, has become a key ally of the U.S. government.
President Luis Abinader that he would allow the U.S. to operate inside restricted areas in the Caribbean country to help .
Landau met on Friday with , as well as national police officials and a .
鈥淪ecurity, stability, and prosperity in Haiti is in both our nations鈥� interests,鈥� Landau wrote on X.
While Landau met with high-ranking officials in Port-au-Prince, three police officers and a civilian were killed in the country鈥檚 central region of Artibonite on Friday during an operation to seize back control of an area that has been under siege by powerful gangs.
Haiti鈥檚 National Police said it sent reinforcements to Artibonite to help officers fighting heavily armed men.
The Gran Grif gang, which is mounting a campaign of terror in the region, is accused of killing in the past year.
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