DECLARATION ON VISIT OF PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

VATICAN CITY, JAN 18, 1998 (VIS) - The following declaration by Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls was released this afternoon on the visit to the Vatican by President Leonel Fernandez Reyna of the Dominican Republic:

"During the meetings with the Holy Father, and then with Cardinal Secretary of State Angelo Sodano, the Church-State relations in the Dominican Republic were reviewed, in he light of commitments assumed by both parties in the 1954 Concordat.

"There then was an exchange of opinions about the current international situation, with particular reference to Central America.

"President Fernandez Reyna was accompanied by Foreign Minister Eduardo Latorre and by a delegation of government officials."

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