Minister of Foreign Affairs Eduardo Latorre confirmed that President Ernesto Samper will visit Santo Domingo. The minister said that President Samper will visit to sign an agreement that will provide low cost petroleum to the DR. The Dominican government is offering assistance in tourism industry development to Colombia. President Samper will visit for two days, arriving on Friday, 26 June. The Colombian statesmen will stop by on his way back to Colombia from a meeting of the Non-Allied Countries in Cuba. Dominican sources says that the Dominican government will request Samper’s support in the country’s interest of being admitted to the Grupo de Río. The Listín Diario reported that German Castañeda of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia said that President Samper showed an interest in visiting the DR after meeting with Deputy Minister Guido D’Alessandro who traveled to Bogota on official visit after a Dominican government minister implied that a former Colombian ambassador was involved in drug trafficking. Samper’s visit will take place shortly after the election of his successor, on Sunday in Colombia.
