Hoy newspaper sources say that most of the talk between Chretien and Mejía focused on projects that could be developed on the frontier between the DR and Haiti. "Everyone talks about the Haitian problem, but it is we Dominicans who have to carry the burden of this very serious problem," President Mejía told El Siglo. "Those people [the Haitians] are hungry and in misery, and all the world talks of Haiti, and it is just that talk, talk and talk," he said. Also discussed between the two heads of state were Canadian travel and investment to the DR. A Canadian company was one of the companies that participated in the Rosario Mining tender that was suspended by the past administration. El Siglo newspaper pointed out that President Mejía also requested that the government of Canada open a Canadian consulate in the DR.
