President Leonel Fern?ndez will travel on Wednesday, 10 March 1999 to Guatemala to participate in the Central American, Belize and Dominican Republic Heads of State and Government Summit. US President Bill Clinton will meet with the statesmen during his visit to Central America. The Presidency said that President Fern?ndez will be in Guatemala from 10-12 March. This will be the fifth meeting of Fern?ndez with Central American statesmen. The DR signed its first free trade agreement with Central America. The treaty has yet to be ratified by the National Congress. The Presidents of Central America have visited the DR on two occasions. President Fern?ndez has attended summits in San Jos?, Costa Rica and Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In April, Fern?ndez will host a summit of Association of Caribbean States heads of government, with the attendance of statesmen from Central America, Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia.
