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And Central American Presidents, Asks For
Patience
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Biden Meets
With Arias And Central American Presidents,
Asks For Patience
United States Vice President, Joseph Biden,
met yesterday (Monday)with Costa Rican
President Oscar Arias and other Central
American leaders to discuss U.S. aid to the
area, the war on drugs and the global
economic downturn.
Vice President Joseph Biden arrived Sunday
and after a brief meeting at the US Embassy
in Pavas, west of San Jose, the 30 plus
vehicle motorcade made its way to Casa
Presidencial in Zapote, where he was
welcomed by Costa Rica president, Oscar
Arias.
Biden, on his was back to Washington from
attending a conference in Chile, where he
met with Latin American and European leaders
in a two day meeting, made the two day stop,
the first official visit by a member of the
Obama government.
Bidenmet privately with Arias before being
joined by the other Central American leaders
who were in San Jose at the invitation of
Arias.
Biden meeting with the Central American
leaders comes ahead of this week's Group of
20 summit in England that President Obama
will attend.
On hand yesterday were the presidents of
Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador and the prime
minister of Belize. Honduras and Nicaragua
was represented by members of its foreign
ministry.
Biden made a short statement upon arrival in
San Jose, Sunday, where he was met by a
Costa Rican delegation that included Foreign
Minister Bruno Stagno.
"This visit is an opportunity to meet
leaders from the region and strengthen the
existing ties between the United States and
Central America," Biden said. "This
administration is looking for a productive
and respectful relationship, and we know
that type of relationship initiates
listening to each other. That is why we are
here. I expect to listen to and learn from
President Arias and the other leaders with
whom I will meet tomorrow."
Stagno expressed optimism about the new
Obama administration.
"We think it's opportune for the United
States to have a positive agenda with Latin
America," Stagno said in a televised
interview with Teletica. "We need to turn
the page on an agenda that was mostly
negative."
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