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04-17-2007, 05:50 PM
The Rio Group (GRIO), an association of Latin American and Caribbean states, begins its meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Relations in Santo Domingo at 2:30 pm today. Fifty foreign ministers are expected to attend the meetings and 2,000 participants and 500 journalists have been issued with credentials, as reported in Diario Libre. The ministers will discuss drug trafficking, the environment, free trade, the situation in Haiti and other regional issues. Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso explained that although Haiti is not part of the Rio Group it is of interest to the Dominican government that a delegation, headed by the Haitian prime minister, is present at these proceedings. The DR will be heading the Rio Group for the next two years.
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