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(updated to include the words of presidentedominicano, Leonel Fernandez).

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Madrid, 18 may (EFE) .- King Juan Carlos said today alpresidente Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez, the empresariosespanoles continue betting on the future for their country, like queahora, with investments in traditional sectors such as tourism, and in areas of art, as renewable energy.

During the toast of the official dinner hosted by the Kings deEspana Fernandez and his wife, Margarita Cedeno, the PalacioReal, the king stressed that Spaniards feel muyagradecidos by the effort, work and integration capacity of the Dominicans who live and work in Spain.

He also referred to the recent visit of Queen Sofia to the Republic Dominicana, in that he was witness to the efforts of delGobierno Leonel Fernandez with the support of the cooperacionespanola and said that Spain particularly appreciated the empenode authorities to properly and effectively manage the ayudasespanolas.

It is precisely in times of serious financial and economic crisis, as we traverse when it becomes even masnecesaria development cooperation, said the King, having encouraged to work vigorously to ensure that growth is translated indeed reducing poverty and that its benefits sedistribuyan fairly among the population.

Meanwhile, the Dominican President praised lacontribucion critical of Don Juan Carlos to many of the achievements of recent Spain and thanked the leadership of this country in the consolidation of Ibero-American space, in which 400 million depersonas share the same ideas of freedom, progress ybienestar and harbor the same illusions of social change.

In the toast of the dinner, attended by Prince Felipede Borbon, heir to the Spanish Crown, and his wife princesaLetizia, the King stressed the interest in helping to protect and envalor, with support from the Spanish cooperation, the remains of LaIsabela, the first settlement of Spaniards in America, 515 years to meet queacaba.

He also recalled the almost half a million Spaniards quevisitan Dominican land each year and stressed the evidentepotencial cooperation between academia and deEspana this Caribbean country, whose capital primerauniversidad born American.

After recalling his visit with en1976 Queen with the Dominican Republic, who turned this country on American soil laprimera visited by a King of Spain, the monarcarecalco that in just over three decades desdeentonces, the two nations have moved closer than hanvivido and never changes.

In this context, welcomed the upgrading of infraestructurasdominicanas, the dynamism of entrepreneurs and their workers, their building as a major tourist destination and its efforts porpreservar a special environment.

This is proof that the Dominican people is entering elsiglo-Century with more tools to be further refined to address the major challenges that no nation is alien, the monarch said, before praising the Dominican Republic to appreciate the advantages of an open global economy and serel great Valedor of EU-Caribbean.

The president of the Government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, lavicepresidenta first, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Angel Moratinos, Spanish hanrepresentado to the Executive on this official dinner, which hanasistido also the president of Congress, Jose Bono, and Senate, Javier Rojo. EFE

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