President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, during his official visit to the DR, 14-16 April, will sign three agreements in health, agriculture and social security. President Zedillo will receive military honors at the National Palace, instead of upon his arrival to Las Americas International Airport as had been customary. Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre said that the change in the protocol was in order to be up to date with the times. At the National Palace, the visiting statesman will introduce his accompanying staff and President Fern?ndez will present his cabinet. After which, they will meet alone, calling in government ministers as is necessary. President Zedillo will then attend a luncheon held in his honor by the Consejo de la Empresa Privada, the largest business organization. He will address Dominican businessmen at the event. He will also attend the placing into circulation of the book Mexico-Dominican Republic: Historic and Contemporary Perspectives, that is published by the National Book Fair that opens in Santo Domingo 22 April. He will inaugurate the exhibition of Mexican art, with works by Diego Rivera, Jos? Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiro, Jose Luis Cuevas, Ra?l Anguiano and Jos? Guadalupe Posada. On Thursday, 15 April, he will attend a gala reception at the National Palace in the evening. On Friday, 16 April he will visit the City Hall of Santo Domingo and then the National Congress where he will speak to the National Assembly, where deputies and senators will gather. On Friday, 16 April, President Zedillo will join members statesmen from the Caribbean Basin that are coming for the Association of Caribbean States Summit of Heads of Government and State of the Association. President Zedillo is traveling with his wife, Nilda Patricia Velazco.
