EU donations total EUR536 million

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The European Union's economic aid for the Dominican Republic has reached EUR536 million since 1990. Listin Diario reports that the resources have been applied to local projects in the framework of the Lome Convention, now called the Cotonou Agreement. The information was provided by Dino Sinigallia, European Union Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who specified that the Cotonou Agreement is very democratic, as it does not tell member countries where their governments have to spend the resources. In this country, the EU works with the Dominican government through the National Office of European Development Funds (ONFED).

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