President Danilo Medina will be traveling to Davos, Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum from 23 to 26 January 2018.
In a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, Børge Brende, presently Foreign Minister of Norway, and president of the World Economic Forum, announced the participation of Medina and five other Latin American heads of government — President Mauricio Macri of Argentina; Michel Temer of Brazil; Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia; Juan Carlos Varela of Panama; and Prime Minister Mercedes of Peru.
The Dominican Presidency, nevertheless, has not announced the trip yet.
The World Economic Forum is described as a global platform for geostrategic collaboration. In the press conference, Brende said that the political, economic and social crisis in Venezuela will be a topic at the forum but will be discussed in a closed session. Former Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero who together with President Medina has served as mediator of the talks between the Venezuelan opposition and the Maduro government in the Dominican Republic in November, December and January will be attending.
A follow up World Economic Latin American forum is scheduled for 13-15 March 2018, in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The World Economic Forum on Latin America will convene over 750 global and regional leaders from government, business and civil society at a decisive time for Latin America, as an intense electoral cycle over the next two years promises far-reaching political and socio-economic impacts.
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Listin Diario
World Economic Forum
17 January 2018
