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12-03-2009, 12:50 PM
President Leonel Fernandez has told journalists covering his trip to France that President Nicolas Sarkozy is interested in helping finance the second line of the Santo Domingo Metro project. Fernandez is also hoping that France will help with the financing of the Santo Domingo-Santiago train line. Fernandez says that Alstom Transport, Alstom Compagnie Internationale de Maintenance, Sofratesa, Thales Internationale and TSO have expressed interest in investing in the new transport systems.
Fernandez made his announcement after a quick audience of 35-minutes with the French president at the Elysee Palace in Paris yesterday. Afterwards he spoke with the press on what had been discussed.
Hoy reports that Sarkozy pledged a continued alliance with the DR in the fight against drug trafficking. Fernandez and Sarkozy also discussed the importance of a Dominico/French alliance and the need for increased French aid to Haiti. The two leaders also spoke on the Dominican position on climate change in the lead-up to the Copenhagen Summit this month.
President Fernandez was accompanied by First Lady Margarita Cedeno, Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, Economy Secretary Temistocles Montas, Labor Secretary Max Puig and Dominican ambassador in France, Laura Faxas. For the French government, French international development minister Alain Joyandet also was present.
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Fernandez made his announcement after a quick audience of 35-minutes with the French president at the Elysee Palace in Paris yesterday. Afterwards he spoke with the press on what had been discussed.
Hoy reports that Sarkozy pledged a continued alliance with the DR in the fight against drug trafficking. Fernandez and Sarkozy also discussed the importance of a Dominico/French alliance and the need for increased French aid to Haiti. The two leaders also spoke on the Dominican position on climate change in the lead-up to the Copenhagen Summit this month.
President Fernandez was accompanied by First Lady Margarita Cedeno, Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, Economy Secretary Temistocles Montas, Labor Secretary Max Puig and Dominican ambassador in France, Laura Faxas. For the French government, French international development minister Alain Joyandet also was present.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)