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11-07-2008, 06:10 PM
On the first day of his four-day visit to the United Arab Emirates, President Leonel Fernandez and First Lady Margarita Cedeno met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. At the meeting President Fernandez addressed the possibility of UAE investments in power generation in the DR, including hydroelectric projects. The Presidency reports there was an interest expressed by the UAE heads, as reported by the Presidency.
Fernandez also met with Foreign Affairs Minister Abdala bin Zayed Al Nahyan. During the meetings, he was accompanied by Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, Secretary of the Presidency Cesar Pina Toribio and administrative secretary of the Presidency Luis Manuel Bonetti.
The Presidency also reported that Sheikh Zayed al Nahyan agreed to formalize diplomatic relations with the opening of an embassy in the DR.
As reported in Dubai, President Fernandez led a 65-member delegation of ministers, government officials and business leaders that toured some of the landmark Dubai World developments on Thursday, including Nakheel's iconic project The Palm Jumeirah, DP World's flagship Jebel Ali Port and Economic Zones World's Jebel Free Zone. On Thursday, Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah hosted the Dominican leader and his team at Nakheel's headquarters for a briefing on the company's projects.

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