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27/04/2012 09:46:25

Laurent Lamothe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs received yesterday Thursday in Port-au-Prince, his Colombian counterpart, His Excellency Maria Angela Holguín. The Chancellor Holguín, visited the Museum of Haitian National Pantheon (MUPANAH), before visiting the National Palace for a working session with Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior and of the Justice who described the situation of the country and shared their ideas with her, in a spirit of solidarity between the two countries.

During a Intervention broadcasted on tv and radio, Ms. Holguín, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, has declared that she wanted to strengthen the ties that unite the two peoples since Simon Bolivar, and provide technical assistance in many areas related to development and reconstruction of Haiti.

The main sectors involved in this cooperation are energy, education, health, sanitation, infrastructure and modernization of neighborhoods. According to Laurent Lamothe, the Minister Maria Angela Holguín came to share the experience of his country in the management and improvement of living conditions in Colombia especially in the city of Medellín where the inhabitants lived in difficult conditions and has been completely renovated.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Haiti, with the help of Colombia and as part of the business diplomacy advocated by the Chancellor Lamothe, plans to continue her experience with joint units, which will work on the renovation of neighborhoods and the disadvantaged. A Haitian-Colombian Joint Commission will help identify the various partner, and new investors in order to find solutions favorable to the development of the country.

The Government of Haiti will take advantage of the visit of the Colombian Chancellor, to explore new forms of exchanges both at the level of the migration, scholarship that business trips, to facilitate the restart, with of agreements of solidarity between Haiti and Colombia.

Also during this visit, Me Thierry Mayard Paul, the Minister of Interior; Michel Brunache Minister of Justice alongside the Secretary of State for Public Security, Reginald Delva, have discussed with the Colombian Chancellor, the cooperation in the field of security, given that Colombia has one of the best anti-kidnapping units in the world and that it is determined to provide technical assistance to Haiti.

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