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Dominican and Puerto Rican Authorities Agree to Strengthen a Strategic Alliance<\/STRONG> D<\/SPAN>ominican President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez Governor of the Associated Free State of Puerto Rico, Lu\u00eds Fortu\u00f1o, agreed to a strengthening of a strategic Alliance between both countries in the areas of educational exchange, science, culture and technology. <\/P> \u201cwith which up until now we have been able to work and I promise the Puerto Rican people to place that same impetus on this work that the President and the Dominican people have put on this strategic alliance between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico that will reap benefits for both of our people.\u201d<\/P> Fern\u00e1ndez, Dominican Vice President Rafael Alburquerque and Mr. Fortu\u00f1o gave a joint press conference following their 2-hour meeting.<\/P> The President said that in each of the areas discussed, they formed subcommittees to further research the proposals they put forward, such as those related to a comprehensive energy project in the Caribbean area, \u201cwhich now requires a feasibility study and research to become familiar with the major details on how it will benefit Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic,\u201d according to the President\u2019s Office of Information, Press and Publicity. <\/P> President Fern\u00e1ndez explained that he agreed to work for the reactivation of the Ferris operations involving the Santo Domingo-Mayag\u00fcez road which has been paralyzed by a conflict between the two private interest groups.<\/P> \u201cThe subcommittees for these different areas are formed to work out the details of the agreements and we are certain that beginning now they are going to contribute to strengthening the links of friendship and brotherhood that have historically existed between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic,\u201d said the Head of State. He added that this was an opportune moment for the visit, \u201cnow that we are meeting at a time when there is something generating a great deal of joy among Dominicans which is the rescue of the Chilean miners\u2026we know that 9 of them, at least for the moment, have managed to make it to the surface to be integrated into Chilean society.\u201d<\/P> For his part, Fortu\u00f1o said he was content to visit the DR and was sure the links between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic will grow stronger under the leadership of President Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/P> He added that the topic of energy dealt with in the meeting is of great importance for both people \u201cand it is exactly the common direction we are heading to bring down the cost of energy, assure the distribution of electricity to our people and guarantee that we minimize environmental damage in the process.\u201d He thanked the Dominican President for his leadership and for his work team \u201cwith which up until now we have been able to work and I promise the Puerto Rican people to place that same impetus on this work that the President and the Dominican people have put on this strategic alliance between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico that will reap benefits for both of our people.\u201d<\/P> Other Dominican government officials at the meeting with President Fern\u00e1ndez and Mr. Fortu\u00f1o included the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister of the Presidency, C\u00e9sar Pina Toribio; Administrative Minister, Luis Manuel Bonetti; Economy, Planning and Development, Tem\u00edstocles Mont\u00e1s; Interior and Police Minister, Franklin Alemyda Rancier, and Minister for Industry and Commerce, Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Fadul, among others. <\/P> <\/SPAN> Dominican and Puerto Rican Authorities Agree to Strengthen a Strategic AllianceSanto Domingo, 16\/10\/2010 Dominican President Leonel Fern\u00e1ndez Governor of the Associated Free State of Puerto Rico, Lu\u00eds Fortu\u00f1o, agreed to a strengthening of a strategic Alliance between both countries in the areas of educational exchange, science, culture and technology. \u201cwith which up until now we … Continue reading “Dominican and Puerto Rican Authorities Agree to Strengthen a Strategic Alliance”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Santo Domingo, 16\/10\/2010<\/SPAN><\/P>
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Fern\u00e1ndez and Fortu\u00f1o congratulated the government and the people of Chile for the successful rescue of 33 miners trapped underground since August 5.
Speaking with reporters at the press conference in the Ambassadors Hall of the National Palace, President Fern\u00e1ndez said that he was profoundly honored and pleased by the Puerto Rican governor\u00b4s visit.<\/P>
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On the subject of commercial exchange, Fortu\u00f1o said they wanted to develop a concept that in the past was successful not only in the Dominican Republic and in Puerto Rico but also with a view toward Haiti, \u201cas a possibility where there may be a potential economic growth in the near future.\u201d<\/P>
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