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04-13-2011, 05:20 PM
President Leonel Fernandez and the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Edmond Mulet, held an hour-long meeting yesterday and discussed the situation in the neighboring country. After his meeting with Fernandez, Mulet told the press that he took the opportunity to express his appreciation for the Dominican government and President Fernandez's support for Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake.

According to Mulet they discussed jobs creation and investments, tourism, agriculture, education, assembly processes, exports and the creation Haiti's capacity to attract resources, all of which are United Nations priorities.

Mulet revealed that 650,000 refugees and displaced people from the earthquake were still living in tents and in very poor conditions. He said that this was a situation that needed to be resolved at once.

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