Central America, India
Talk Food Security
The Central American
Integration System (SICA)
discussed with India
cooperation and food
security namely, said
Nicaraguan Foreign
Minister Samuel Santos.
Santos said that they
also talked on security
against terrorism and
climate change, India’s
support to Central
American food
sovereignty defense and
expanding computer
development, plus
know-how in other fields
to help the region
expand.
The package includes
setting up a technical
commission to draft and
implement accords.
The Nicaraguan head
diplomat lauded the
meeting since "Central
America talked with one
voice on behalf of the
region not as
individuals Central
America talked with one
voice."
Indian Foreign Minister
Pranab Mukherjee and
other ministry officials
held a work visit with
the visitors that also
paid courtesy visits to
Premier Manmohan Singh
and President Pratibha
Patil.
In addition to Santos,
this first SICA meeting
in New Delhi also
involved counterparts
Samuel Lewis (Panama),
Haroldo Rodas
(Guatemala) and Bruno
Stagno (Costa Rica).
Also present were Deputy
Foreign Ministers
Eduardo Calix (El
Salvador), Eduardo E.
Reina (Honduras), Clara
Quifiones (Dominican
Republic), and SICA
Political Affair Erick
Contantino.
Minister Santos called
sterile if one single
country develops while
the others stay
backwards.
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