COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 002250 SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CAR, WHA/PPC, WHA/EPSC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KDEM PREL DR SUBJECT: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PARTICIPATION REF: STATE 66782 ¶1. Embassy delivered reftel points April 18 and, after daily followups, obtained response April 21. Vice Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano will represent the Dominican Republic at the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Santiago, since Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso plans to be in Rome with President Fernandez for the investiture of Pope Benedict XVI. MFA UN/OAS director Michelle Cohen had no information about specific proposals by the Dominican Republic, but undertook to communicate any information she might obtain prior to the meeting. HERTELL