At one point during the meeting between government officials and a high ranking U.S. delegation, President Hipolito Mejia was briefly called away to receive with Carlos Andres Perez. The former Venezuelan President has been meeting with Haitian dissidents in an attempt to effect reconciliation between political factions in the neighboring country. Today?s newspapers indicate that Andres Perez has also taken on the role of mediator in the issue of asylum-vs.-extradition involving seven Haitian policemen who are currently ?guests? of the Dominican Armed Forces. After a few minutes absence, Mejia returned to the meeting in company with Andres Perez.
