Thursday, March 1, 2012

ARTICLE - BILATERAL RELATIONS - D.R. - HAITI

IMPORTANT MEETING ON THE STRENGTHENING OF BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
(Haiti Libre) -

President Michel Martelly, received Wednesday, February 29, at the National Palace, a Dominican delegation composed of the Chancellor of the Dominican Republic, Carlos Morales Troncoso, and the Dominican Ambassador in Haiti, Rubén Silié, to discuss the strengthening of Haitian-Dominican relations.

The interlocutors discussed the priority sectors of exchange and cooperation, in order to produce reflections on the major issues affecting their relationships and ensure the follow up of bilateral cooperation, which aims to strengthen relations or sustainable economic development by identifying areas of cooperation to ensure a better future for people of both countries and ensure the optimal use of their resources to improve the quality of life of both peoples looking for a fair economic and social development.

President Martelly congratulated the Dominican Chancellor for his interest in strengthening bilateral relations while reminding the Haitian people's desire to have relationships based on mutual respect with the Dominican Republic.

The priorities agreed by the two countries as part of he work of the CMB are :

Trade and Investment

Tourism

Agriculture and Environment

Higher Education, Science and Technology

Environment and Natural Resources

Culture, Education, Youth and Sports

Border and migration issues

Joint Projects of development

Public Health

Transport and Communications.

In addition, the Head of State was officially invited by Chancellor Carlos Morales Troncoso to visit the Dominican Republic on March 26.

For his part, Laurent Lamothe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs participated the same day in a working lunch at "The View" restaurant in Petion Ville, with the Dominican delegation. Minister Lamothe was accompanied by the Ambassador of Haiti in the Dominican Republic, Fritz Cinéas, Representative of Haiti to the Joint Haitian-Dominican Commission, Guy Williams and other representatives of the Haitian Chancellery. The Dominican Chancellor was accompanied on the occasion by Louis Bogaert, Vice Minister of External Relations, and Julio Ortega, both responsible for the Joint Bilateral Haitian-Dominican.

Chancellor Lamothe has focused on strengthening bilateral relations between the two countries, at the level technical assistance in various areas of trade, tourism, education, investment and social projects allowing among others, for the disadvantaged, to receive financial support, like in the Dominican Republic.

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