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03-05-2009, 02:20 PM
President Leonel Fernandez spoke at the 11th Meeting of Economists in Havana, Cuba yesterday, focusing on what he considers insufficient measures taken in view of the persistent global crisis.
See his speech in Spanish at www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=10496 (http://www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=10496)
Meanwhile, representatives of the Dominican Republic and Cuba promised to make efforts to double trade from US$100 million to US$200 million. Dominican and Cuban officials pledged to sign a Medium-Range Trade Agreement. The issues were tackled at the Bilateral Discussions on Foreign Trade, Investment and Cooperation. During the meeting, the officials talked about promoting trade in professional services, health, training and technical consulting, as well as the possibility of providing joint service packages to other Caribbean nations such as Haiti. They also held talks about increased trade in farm products and agro-industrial products, and to resolve any roadblocks not related to tariffs for certain export products from the Dominican Republic, such as the case of poultry products and other foodstuffs. The DR will provide Cuba with technical assistance for developing golf tourism, including golf course design, administration and maintenance. For their part, the Cuban government will provide technical assistance in the area of energy savings and health, through the promotion of Operation Miracles. They agreed to work together to promote flights to both countries by an Asian airline. On the issue of basic education, they agreed to set up a pilot project of the "Yes, I Can" adult literacy program in Santiago de los Caballeros to provide improved literacy training for former free zone employees who have lost their jobs.
The DR was represented at the talks by Eddy Martinez, director of the Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD) and Marco Herrera, advisor to the President on foreign investment. Cuba was represented by Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, foreign trade minister, and Rogelio Sierra Diaz, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Department at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, as reported in Hoy.
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See his speech in Spanish at www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=10496 (http://www.presidencia.gob.do/app/article.aspx?id=10496)
Meanwhile, representatives of the Dominican Republic and Cuba promised to make efforts to double trade from US$100 million to US$200 million. Dominican and Cuban officials pledged to sign a Medium-Range Trade Agreement. The issues were tackled at the Bilateral Discussions on Foreign Trade, Investment and Cooperation. During the meeting, the officials talked about promoting trade in professional services, health, training and technical consulting, as well as the possibility of providing joint service packages to other Caribbean nations such as Haiti. They also held talks about increased trade in farm products and agro-industrial products, and to resolve any roadblocks not related to tariffs for certain export products from the Dominican Republic, such as the case of poultry products and other foodstuffs. The DR will provide Cuba with technical assistance for developing golf tourism, including golf course design, administration and maintenance. For their part, the Cuban government will provide technical assistance in the area of energy savings and health, through the promotion of Operation Miracles. They agreed to work together to promote flights to both countries by an Asian airline. On the issue of basic education, they agreed to set up a pilot project of the "Yes, I Can" adult literacy program in Santiago de los Caballeros to provide improved literacy training for former free zone employees who have lost their jobs.
The DR was represented at the talks by Eddy Martinez, director of the Center for Export and Investment (CEI-RD) and Marco Herrera, advisor to the President on foreign investment. Cuba was represented by Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, foreign trade minister, and Rogelio Sierra Diaz, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Department at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, as reported in Hoy.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)