Hugo Martinez, general secretary of the Central American Integration System (SICA), has praised the Dominican Republic for its performance as chair of the organization. He said that the country had exceeded expectations and set a very high standard for other countries to follow.
During his visit to Santo Domingo, he announced that the next Summit for Heads of State and Government would take place on 27 June 2014, in the Dominican Republic with President Danilo Medina in the chair.
He was speaking after meeting with President Medina at the Presidential Palace yesterday Thursday 22 May. He went on to say that various agreements would be signed at the Summit, covering economic issues, security, integrated risk management and climate change as well as the transfer of the temporary presidency to Belize that takes over for the second half of the year on 1 July.
Hugo Martinez was accompanied by Deputy Foreign Relations Ministers Jose Manuel Trullols and Cesar Dargam.
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