President Hipólito Mejía traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico today, Tuesday, 2 January to attend the inaugural of Puerto Rican governor-elect, Sila María Calderón. He said he would take advantage of the visit to meet with businessmen in the areas of communications, trade, banking, construction, mining, insurance, free zone industries, apparel and pharmaceuticals. President Mejía also announced that he has programmed eight other trips for the first semester of 2001. These are to Canada, Germany, England, Sweden, Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. President Mejía also said he would like to visit Finland and Norway, where major investors have shown an interest in the DR. He said he has on agenda a visit to India and to Arabian countries during his mandate.
