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03-13-2007, 02:40 PM
The DR is preparing for a Summit on Drugs, Security, and Cooperation, which will be held on 16 March 2007 at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Haiti President Rene Preval, Prime Ministers from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and Grenada will be attending, together with representatives from the United States, Spain, France, Holland, the European Union, Caricom, and the UN. A preparatory meeting was held yesterday and the situation of drug trafficking in the region was discussed. Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda, drug trafficking expert Mario Vinicio Castillo, Major General Rafael Ramirez Ferreira, head of the National Drug Control Department (DNCD), Mabel Feliz, head of the National Drug Council (CND), Chief of Police Bernardo Santana Paez, National Investigation Department (DNI) head Sigfrido Pared Perez, and Haitian ambassador Fritz Cineas were present.

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