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03-30-2011, 05:00 PM
Colombia's Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin arrived to Santo Domingo yesterday, on her first stop of a tour of the Dominican Republic and Haiti aimed at strengthening relations with the Caribbean countries, TeleSUR in Colombia reported on Tuesday. She was scheduled to hold meetings with President Leonel Fernandez and her counterpart, Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso.
Her visit comes as part of the opening of preliminary negotiations for an agreement over services and investments.
Colombia Reports says that the Dominican Republic is currently Colombia's main export destination in the Caribbean and there is apparently mutual interest in creating a regulatory framework for bilateral trade.
Colombia Reports says that the foreign ministers of both Colombia and the Dominican Republic will then move on to Haiti to discuss the ongoing issue of reconstruction within the country following the devastating January 2010 earthquake.
The two ministers will hold meetings in the capital, Port-au-Prince, with President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive, as well as Edmond Mulet, the head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
President Juan Manuel Santos recently stated that "we are extremely worried" about the situation in Haiti, urging the international community.
President Juan Manuel Santos recently expressed his deep concern about the situation in Haiti, urging the international community to be more proactive.
Santos will chair a UN Security Council meeting next month aimed at "giving a push" to reconstruction efforts in Haiti, due to be held on 6 April, after Colombia was elected as a non-permanent member of the council in October last year.
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Her visit comes as part of the opening of preliminary negotiations for an agreement over services and investments.
Colombia Reports says that the Dominican Republic is currently Colombia's main export destination in the Caribbean and there is apparently mutual interest in creating a regulatory framework for bilateral trade.
Colombia Reports says that the foreign ministers of both Colombia and the Dominican Republic will then move on to Haiti to discuss the ongoing issue of reconstruction within the country following the devastating January 2010 earthquake.
The two ministers will hold meetings in the capital, Port-au-Prince, with President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jean Max Bellerive, as well as Edmond Mulet, the head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti.
President Juan Manuel Santos recently stated that "we are extremely worried" about the situation in Haiti, urging the international community.
President Juan Manuel Santos recently expressed his deep concern about the situation in Haiti, urging the international community to be more proactive.
Santos will chair a UN Security Council meeting next month aimed at "giving a push" to reconstruction efforts in Haiti, due to be held on 6 April, after Colombia was elected as a non-permanent member of the council in October last year.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)