EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs

The European Union will spend $95.8 million for projects and programmes in the Dominican Republic this year, primarily in the country’s border region with Haiti, according to Andris Piebalgs, EU Development Commissioner.

Peibalgs was speaking after a working meeting with Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez.

He also said the European Union had signed an “important” cooperation agreement with the Dominican Republic that will provide $62.3 million for major projects on both sides of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. More…