NewsWhore
11-03-2006, 02:40 PM
The Armed Forces Minister is denying reports that a US military base is being built in the DR, as was reported in many news and media outlets yesterday, and said that doing so would harm the country's sovereignty. Rear Admiral Hector Lizardo Jorge told Listin Diario that the confusion probably arose when Lieutenant General Ramon Aquino Garcia attended the new US Southern Command chief's appointment ceremony, where increased cooperation between the two nations was discussed. Jorge says that the installation of equipment donated by the US at the Joint Operations Center at the Ministry of Armed Forces headquarters could have also contributed to the confusion.
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