Last night, President Leonel Fernandez appointed economist Hugo Guiliani Cury as Dominican ambassador to Qatar. Guiliani Cury was governor of the Central Bank during one of the Balaguer administrations. Listin Diario informs that Qatar is a country where Arabic is the official language although English is in common usage. Its system of government is a traditional monarchy and 95% of its population is Muslim.
President Fernandez also awarded distinctions to the newly-appointed Dominican ambassador to Chile, Cesar Medina, and outgoing French ambassador to the DR, Jean Claude Moyret. They were both decorated with the Great Silver Cross of the Duarte, Sanchez and Mella Order of Merit.