Central American Summit
to Forge Integration
Strengthening unity and
regional mechanisms of
coordination will be
high-priority topics for
Guatemala at Central
American Integration
System Summit, official
sources confirmed
Tuesday.
President Alvaro Colom
will visit El Salvador
on Wednesday, where he
will meet with his
counterparts Elias
Antonio Saca from the
host country; Daniel
Ortega, Nicaragua; and
Belize Prime Minister
Dean Barrow.
Guatemalan new
government foreign
policy envisages as a
priority the Central
American integration,
presidential spokesman
Fernando Barillas
declared.
Barillas specified those
initiatives to
strengthen Central
American Parliament
PARLACEN are binding,
meaning mandatory
fulfillment for all
members will be tackled
in the appointment.
The countries of the
isthmus have taken
important steps in free
transit, visas
elimination and customs
union, but still there
is need to progress
more, the spokesman
specified.
The so called
extraordinary SICA
Summit will be a meeting
of few hours and will
take place under severe
security measures at
Presidential House west
Salvadoran capital.
The participation of
Panama Vice President
Ruben Arosemena is also
predicted, as well as
high level delegations
from Honduras and Costa
Rica. |
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