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08-31-2009, 04:00 PM
President Leonel Fernandez is in Tripoli, Libya participating in the 13th African Union of Chiefs of State and Heads of Government Summit, 30-31 August. He traveled with First Lady Margarita Cedeno, Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, press secretary Rafael Nunez and the director of the Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD), Eddy Martinez. The Presidency announced that the DR would be admitted as a full member in the African Union.
Fernandez will also participate in the 40th anniversary celebrations of the "Libya Revolution" that brought incumbent leader Muammar Gaddafi to power.
Fernandez was invited to this summit by Gadafi during the Non-Aligned Summit that took place in July in Egypt.
Also attending from Latin America is President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil who wants to get across the message to African nations that Brazil would help deliver a "green revolution" in African agriculture and drive efforts to boost cooperation between southern countries.
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Fernandez will also participate in the 40th anniversary celebrations of the "Libya Revolution" that brought incumbent leader Muammar Gaddafi to power.
Fernandez was invited to this summit by Gadafi during the Non-Aligned Summit that took place in July in Egypt.
Also attending from Latin America is President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil who wants to get across the message to African nations that Brazil would help deliver a "green revolution" in African agriculture and drive efforts to boost cooperation between southern countries.
http://www.africa-union.org
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)