The ambassador of Venezuela in the Dominican Republic, Francisco Belisario Landis, said that the Dominican mission made up by Secretary of the Presidency Danilo Medina, Technical Secretary of the Presidency Temistocles Montas and Ambassador Miguel Mejia have been meeting with Venezuelan government officers regarding the fuel issue, as reported in the Listin Diario. On the agenda is the Dominican government’s desire to secure financing to import fuel from Venezuela, the Dominican Republic’s main source of petroleum.
The Dominican Republic seeks to obtain financing through Bandes (Banco Venezolano) to import fuel and petroleum byproducts.
The Venezuelan ambassador made this statement while denouncing the fact that while this is going on certain business groups, with no links to either government, have mobilized to defend their own interests. He said that while such a strategy is understandable, what is repugnant is that they are choosing unethical and immoral ways to achieve their goals and profits.