Monday, Jean Michel Lapin the new Minister of Culture accompanied by its Director General of Culture, Yves Pénel, Pradel Henriquez and Roland Bélizaire respectively Director and member of cabinet, of Stéphanie St Louis, Director of Artistic and Literary Creation and Ronald Verdiner, Director of Cultural Development, met with Chile's ambassador to Haiti Patricio Utreras around the prospects for cultural exchanges between the two countries.

Minister Lapin also spoke about the situation of Haitians living on the Chilean soil, pleading for a better consideration towards our Haitian compatriots who "need to keep in touch with their culture" convinced that cultural exchanges will allow the two peoples to come closer together.

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