A contingent of 90 French soldiers are participating in a three-day Dominican military training course in the Las Calderas, Baní naval military base. The Frenchmen arrived on board the "Francis Garnier" ship and will remain until Thursday. Some 60 members of the Dominican military and navy are receiving the weapons training course as part of the Regional Bilateral Military Cooperation Exchange Program that has been ongoing for the past five years, said Captain Felipe Cano, commander of the Las Calderas Base. The visiting troops are based in Martinique. French Ambassador Francois Xavier Deniau said that the general public will be able to visit the "Francis Garnier" boarding from the Port of Santo Domingo on 22, 23, 24 October from 2 to 5 pm.
