WASHINGTON. President Leonel Fernandez met in 12 July 2010 with his counterpart from the United States, Barack Obama, in the Oval Office of the White House where the American president spoke highly of the contributions of by the Dominican community to the United States. Obama interested in DR becoming regional center of clean energy

" I think the American people appreciate greatly the bonds between our two countries — bonds that express themselves obviously in our extraordinary Dominican population, Dominican American population that we have here in this country", said Obama during a press conference he held with President Fernandez.

The American president also expressed his confidence that the Dominican economy shows good growth, as Brazil has shown and for which he hopes to support bilateral opportunities for business.

Regarding Honduras, Obama thanked the Dominican president and his administration for the positive mediation that was carried out by Leonel Fernandez to resolve the conflict in that nation, after the overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya. For his part, the Dominican leader said that there was a need for a greater definition by the international community in relation to coups d' état and for compliance with the Democratic Letter of the OAS as ways to discourage these antidemocratic actions.

13 July 2010

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