The governments of the Dominican Republic and Germany signed a financial cooperation agreement for RD$85 million (10 million Marks) to fund the planting of trees to prevent erosion at the Yaque del Norte River, the most important in the DR. The Krenditanstalf fur Wiederaufbau institution will handle the funds. Technical Secretary of the Presidency Juan Temístocles Montás signed the five year agreement for the Dominican government. Ambassador of Germany Eva Alexandra Countess Kendeffy signed for Germany.
