Press secretary of the Presidency, Adriano Miguel Tejada gave details of President Leonel Fernández’s agenda for his visit to New York City next week. President Fernández will travel to New York City on Sunday, 7 June at 12:15 pm on flight 588 of American Airlines. That same day at 7 pm, the President will meet with members of the government party, the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, that reside in the United States. On Monday, 8 June at 8 am he will give a press conference for the New York City TV and press. At 10 am he will attend the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem. President Fernández joins President Clinton and 28 other chiefs of state that will be present or speak at the meeting. He will speak at 12 noon. Afterwards he will participate in a luncheon hosted by the Secretary of the United Nations for the attending statesmen. At 2:30 pm he has scheduled a press conference for Dominican journalists that are traveling to New York to cover the President’s trip. At 6 pm he will inaugurate Expo Reforma Internacional, an exhibition to showcase the reform and modernization efforts of the Dominican state with the participation of 72 government departments. At 8 pm he will meet with the Dominican community in New York. On Tuesday, 9 June at 9 am he will attend the opening of the Dominican Office for the Promotion of Investments at the New York City Consulate. And at 10:30 am he has scheduled an interview with The New York Times. At noon, he will meet with commissions of community directors of New York City. At 2 pm he will attend a private luncheon. President Fernández is scheduled to return at 10:30 am of Wednesday, 10 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Press secretary of the Presidency, Adriano Miguel Tejada gave details of President Leonel Fernández’s agenda for his visit to New York City next week. President Fernández will travel to New York City on Sunday, 7 June at 12:15 pm on flight 588 of American Airlines. That same day at 7 pm, the President will meet … <\/p>\n