DR ambassador to Mauritius

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Dominican ambassador Hans Dannenberg Castellanos, based in the Indian capital New Delhi, and concurrent in Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, presented credentials yesterday in Mauritius to President Anerood Jugnaut. The accreditation is part of a foreign policy strategy of the Fernandez administration to strengthen ties with Asian and African countries. Dannenberg told Prensa Latina that he discussed exchanges in the sugar industry, bio-fuels and tourism with the Mauritian head of state. The bilateral agenda includes a possible visit to the DR by Foreign Minister Avin Boolell, the possible opening of a Mauritian embassy in the DR, both countries participation in the Association of Small Island States, and an initiative for a general agreement between both foreign ministries. The DR has had diplomatic ties with Mauritius since 2002. Dannenberg says that the DR collaborates with Mauritius in international forums such as the European Participation Act in areas of sugar industry, textile and tourism, also in the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, and in the African, Caribbean and Pacific groupings.
Dannenberg said that the Mauritian business sector had shown an interest in trade opportunities within the framework of DR-CAFTA.

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