Monday afternoon, Jovenel Moïse, the elected President of Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19698-haiti-presidential-2016-final-results-jovenel-moise-58th-president.html at the head of a Haitian delegation of businessmen and several of his advisers, arrived in the Dominican Republic on board a Sunrise Airways flight. Upon arrival at the airport, he was welcomed by Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado and the Dominican Ambassador to Haiti, Rubén Silié.

During his stay, President-elect Jovenel Moise will meet with Dominican businessmen and also visit a number of farms and several businesses in different sectors.

On leaving the airport Moïse was taken to the National Palace for a bilateral meeting in the office of President Danilo Medina.

At the end of the meeting, Jovenel Moïse, accompanied in particular by Idalbert Pierre-Jean, Chargé d'affaires of the Haitian Embassy in DR, as well as Ardouin Zéphirin and Cristine Coupe, two members of his political team, said he had been questions with his Dominican counterpart of the cooperation between Haiti and the Dominican Republic and subjects concerning the relations of the two countries.

The President-elect of Haiti said that the two countries are on an island and that they should normalize relations, stressing that he had sent clear signals to the Dominicans and the world in this sense.

According to the Dominican presidency, Jovenel Moïse "is in the country to take note of several projects put in place by the Government of Danilo Medina. Including those related to the agricultural sector and energy. He is also interested in certain social, educational and tourist programs as well as the construction of housing [...] The presence of Jovenel Moïse in the country augurs the strengthening of relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti," indicates the Dominican Government.

After the meeting with Dominican President Medina, a dinner was held in honor of the Haitian delegation. Jovenel Moïse was accompanied by Haitian entrepreneurs including Eddy Salomon, Giovanni Gardere, Jean Marc and Charles Jumelle Appolon.

President Jovenel Moïse will return to Haiti tomorrow Wednesday.

SL/ HaitiLibre