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Medina skips UN General Assembly on Hurricane Maria threat

As of 3:30PM Monday

Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina will return from New York where he arrived Sunday to attend the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, as Hurricane Maria threatens to make landfall in the country.

“I do not want to leave any loose ends, I want to be there,” said Medina, whose return was scheduled for next Thursday

According to government spokesman Roberto Rodriguez, Foreign minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado will deliver Medina’s speech to the UN General Assembly.

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