Noting that he was "so happy to be talking with Fox News," Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic Carlos Morales Troncoso said in a press conference today that his country has a "special role" to play in the reconstruction of its as Hispaniolan neighbor .
"No-one has as much to gain from a prosperous Haiti as the Dominican Republic," Troncoso said.
The Foreign Minister highlighted three priorities that the international community must focus on during tomorrow's Haiti Reconstruction Conference. First, he said, is to concentrate on the essential needs of the suffering nation: fighting the recent cholera outbreak, providing safe water, and ensuring proper sanitation.
Secondly, the delegates must focus their efforts on putting the Haitian people to work. As a first measure, proper infrastructure must be put in place to allow the economy to grow.
Finally, he implored the U.S. and other major economic powers to open up their markets to the Haitian economy. He said that free trade and free-market capitalism is the ultimate solution to Haiti's economic woes.
Responding to a query on the his country's responsibility to bear a greater burden for its counterpart's recovery, Troncoso somberly conceded that while "as a Christian man" he recognized the need for the Dominican Republic to share its due, unfortunately his country has less to share than others in the region and around the world.
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