SANTO DOMINGO.- Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia on Wednesday said the government guarantees the legal security and coexistence of local and foreign interests with investments in Pedernales province (southwest), as expectations over the scope and breadth of the planned projects grow.

He said it’s unacceptable to allow politics in the solution of any type of business legal dispute which may occur in the province and that the confrontation between investors is limited to a problem of form and not of depth, for which the solution doesn’t have to lead to major inconveniences.

“The Dominican State cannot under any circumstance give any connotation that it affects acquired rights, one of the guarantees we give foreign investors, those here and those who are about to come, is our legal security,” Garcia said in a statement .

He said Tourism won’t accept that policy to be placed in doubt and all foreign companies which come to the country must have financial guarantees. He urged the companies and investors to “put their cards on the table” so they can put behind their differences and work in harmony in Pedernales. “Our interest is that the existing companies can continue working without jeopardizing their interests.”

The official headed a meeting in his office with the main executives and lawyers of Ideal Dominicana (Cementos Andino) which operates Cabo Rojo; Mining director Octavio Lopez; Pedernales governor Francisco Alberto Jiménez and senator Dionis Sanchez.

Environment Evaluation director Lina Berigüete, Dominican Agrarian Institute director Héctor Rodriguez and the journalist Carlos Julio Feliz also took part.