Leonel and the Haitian border

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President Leonel Fernandez met with the chief of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) in Santo Domingo yesterday. According to Hoy newspaper, they talked about Dominican plans to increase patrols along the very porous border. According to the paper, the UN mission chief, Edmond Mulet, flew directly from Port-au-Prince to Santo Domingo for the meeting. He was accompanied by Dominican Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and Carlos Castillo, the Dominican consul in Haiti. According to UN spokesman David Winhurst, the two men spoke about the difficulties along the 391-kilometer border. No details were given to the press. One of the deputy secretaries general of the Organization of American States (OAS) has also visited Fernandez to discuss issues related to Haiti and development.

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