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Central America Summit in Nicaragua
Managua - Heads of
State and Government members of the Central
American Integration System (SICA) are
meeting Wednesday in this capital to review
their work and exchange on the impact of the
crisis in the region.
Convened by Nicaragua's President Daniel
Ortega, statesmen will also define positions
to take a common front to the Americas
meeting, to be run in Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago on April 17-19.
Regional people make efforts to face the
international economic crisis, and avoid
fall in exports and unemployment increase,
one of the aspects included in the event.
In case of Nicaragua, the country expected a
20-percent setback in exports for this date,
however, about nine percent has been reduced
so far, according to official figures.
The SICA, made up of Nicaragua, Honduras,
Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Costa Rica,
Panama and Dominican Republic (as an
observer), will also evaluate the reform and
modernization project of the system
organizations, a plan inked in the January
15 meeting held in Managua.
The agenda includes pending issues to be
analyzed in the seventh negotiation round
between Central America and the European
Union for an Association Accord, slated for
March 30 in Honduras.
Other aspects will be the definition of the
rule to join Japan as an extraterritorial
observer of the group, and debate Russia's
interest to meet with Central American
foreign ministers, Deputy Foreign Minister
Manuel Coronel Kautz stated.
Topics related to food security and energy
will be also on the list. |
