Santo Domingo. – President Luis Abinader received this Thursday in his office of the National Palace to the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, within the framework of a meeting to address issues of bilateral interest.
Rubio arrived at the National Palace at 11:42 in the morning, accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Álvarez. Upon arrival, he was received by the Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Beicho, and the director of Ceremonial of State and Protocol, Ambassador Francisco José Cantizano Nadal.
Immediately, the Secretary of State was taken to the White Hall, where he held a private meeting with President Abinader. Then, both went to the green room for a work lunch with their respective delegations. The day will conclude with a joint statement to the press in the Ambassadors Hall.
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The official delegation for the Dominican Republic is made up of vice president Raquel Peña; the ministers of the Presidency, José Ignacio Bución; of foreign relations, Roberto Álvarez; of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre; of industry, commerce and MSMEs, Víctor Bisonó; of energy and mines, Joel Santos; The multilateral foreign vice minister, Rubén Silié Valdez and the Director of Strategic Analysis of Mirex, Anselmo Muñiz.
They also make up the delegation, the general commander of the National Army, Major General Jorge Iván Camino Pérez; The President of the National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD), Vice Admiral José Manuel Cabrera Ulloa and the General Director of Persecution of the Public Ministry, Yeni Berenice Reynoso.
While, the American delegation is made up of the United States Embassy Business Manager, Patricia Aguilera; the counselor Michael Needham; the senior official of the Western Hemisphere Affairs Office, Michael Kozak; the policy planning director, Michael Anton; the spokeswoman of the State Department, Tammy Bruce; the main advisor for affairs of the western hemisphere, Viviana Bovo and the scorer, Ali Nadir.
