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08-03-2011, 05:10 PM
President Leonel Fernandez and Haiti's newly installed President Michel Martelly met at the Presidential Palace yesterday. The President welcomed Martelly on the staircase at the Palace along with Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, Presidency Minister Cesar Pina Toribio and Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas. At first, Presidential spokesman Rafael Nunez promised the reporters covering the event that both presidents would issue a joint statement with some details of the meeting since there was not going to be a press conference. However, no statement was forthcoming after the meeting.

Tropical Storm Emily is expected to bring heavy rains to Haiti where more than half a million people are stilling living in tents.

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