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12-03-2009, 12:50 PM
President Leonel Fernandez attended a breakfast meeting hosted by the French Business Movement (MEDEF) that is predicting a second wave of French investments in the DR and the Caribbean in areas of tourism, energy, railroads, technology, banking, perfumery and telecommunications. The first wave brought tourism investments in Samana, Accor, Carrefour, Orange and Alstom. President Fernandez spoke of investment facilities, opportunities in travel, renewable energy, telecommunications, medical industry and commerce, and the guarantees of judicial security, as reported by DR government press agency Antena en Linea.
"We trust that this meeting will contribute to strengthen links between both countries and facilitate new business projects to continue to strengthen the progress we have achieved in recent years," said Fernandez.
The president of Orange Dominicana and the Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce, Jean Marc Harion thanked Fernandez for his trip to France and attending the business meeting.
Approximately 35 business representatives from France attended the breakfast meeting. Companies taking part included: ADP Ingenierie, BNP Paribas, Canal Overseas, CCDF-Val S.A, Club Mediterranee, Comite National des Conseillers Du Commerce, Compagnie Internationale de Maintenance, Establissements Dupouy, Gemalto, Groupe Banque Mondiale, La Monanaje de Paris, Natixis, Nouvelles Frontieres, Obertur Technologies, Orange, Robertet, Sechilienne SIDEC, Societe Francaise D?Equipement Hospitalier, Societe Generale, Sofratesa, Systra, Thales International, TSO, Vergnet, S.A., Vinci Construction Grands Projets and XL Airways France.
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"We trust that this meeting will contribute to strengthen links between both countries and facilitate new business projects to continue to strengthen the progress we have achieved in recent years," said Fernandez.
The president of Orange Dominicana and the Dominican-French Chamber of Commerce, Jean Marc Harion thanked Fernandez for his trip to France and attending the business meeting.
Approximately 35 business representatives from France attended the breakfast meeting. Companies taking part included: ADP Ingenierie, BNP Paribas, Canal Overseas, CCDF-Val S.A, Club Mediterranee, Comite National des Conseillers Du Commerce, Compagnie Internationale de Maintenance, Establissements Dupouy, Gemalto, Groupe Banque Mondiale, La Monanaje de Paris, Natixis, Nouvelles Frontieres, Obertur Technologies, Orange, Robertet, Sechilienne SIDEC, Societe Francaise D?Equipement Hospitalier, Societe Generale, Sofratesa, Systra, Thales International, TSO, Vergnet, S.A., Vinci Construction Grands Projets and XL Airways France.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)