President Danilo Medina traveled to New York City on Sunday, 23 September 2018 to participate in the 73rd General Assembly of the United Nations. He left on board a private jet from the San Isidro Air Base and landed at The Terboro Airport in Bergen County, New Jersey. He traveled with First Lady Candida Montilla, Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Administrative Minister Jose Ramon Peralta, Hacienda Minister Donald Guerrero, press spokesman Roberto Rodríguez Marchena, and Jose Miguel González Cuadra, executive director of the La Barquita project, among others.
He was received in the US by Ambassador José Tomás Pérez, consul general in New York Carlos Castillo, permanent representative to the United Nations Francisco Cortorreal, among others.
This is the sixth time that President Danilo Medina has attended the UN Assembly that takes place in September each year when the 193 members meet in New York for a general debate. This is the first time the country participates as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
On Monday 24 September, it was reported that President Medina attended a meeting with 31 nations and US President Donald Trump on the combating of drug dealing.
Medina is scheduled to speak at the UN Assembly on Tuesday, 25 September in the afternoon.
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25 September 2018
