The Dominican Republic retakes the Temporary Presidency of the Central American Integration System (SICA) for January-June 2018. President Danilo Medina travels Panama on Thursday, 14 December 2017, to receive the presidency from Panama at the gathering at the Westin Playa Bonita. He is accompanied by Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas and communications spokesman Roberto Rodriguez Marchena. This is the second time President Medina will hold the Pro Tempore Presidency.
Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado earlier had presented the guidelines the country will follow. This initiative includes programs that are part of the five pillars of the regional body – democratic security, disaster risk management and climate change, social integration, economic integration and institutional strengthening.
The SICA is an international organization created in 1991 as a framework for the integration of the countries of Central America — Panamá, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Belize. There are 24 countries around the world that serve as regional or extra regional observers, while the Pro Tempore Presidency is rotated every six months. Belize will be next from July to December 2018.
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Ministry of Foreign Relations
14 December 2017
