President Leonel Fernandez is scheduled to leave on Thursday for Mar de Plata, Argentina. He will participate in the Summit of the Americas. On Sunday, he will make a stopover in Colombia, on his way back to the DR, to finalize a joint energy agreement. Press director, Rafael Nunez said the President is scheduled to return on Tuesday.
As described on the US State Department website, the Summit of the Americas is the common agenda of the democratically elected leaders of the hemisphere and reflects their shared values and shared responsibilities. It provides a unique mechanism for the heads of state and heads of governments to discuss solutions to common political, economic, and social problems in a multilateral and comprehensive way. The Summit brings together freely elected leaders united in their commitment to democracy, human rights, and free markets. See http://www.summit-americas.org/Default.htm