SICA FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Santo Domingo, February 19 (PL)- The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Central American Integration System (SICA) will meet here in three days to discuss strategic guidelines of the current Dominican pro tempore presidency.

The meeting of representatives of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama will hold morning and afternoon sessions at the Foreign Ministry headquarters.

This significant meeting is the first at the ministerial level under our presidency, set to run until June 30, 2014, stated Dominican Foreign Minister Cesar Dargam.

Dargam said that goals to be achieved in the five priority pillars of the regional agenda -climate change and disaster prevention, social integration, economic integration, democratic security and institutional reinforcement will be set forth.

The guidelines for a new cooperation framework between SICA and the European Union will also be discussed, said the Dominican Foreign minister in a communiqué.

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