The situation in Haiti, which drives the migration of its citizens, will be one of the points to be discussed that will be proposed by the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinaderon the LVI Meeting of Heads of State and Governmentor from the member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA).
The information was offered Jose Ignacio Beatingadministrative minister of the Dominican Presidency, informing that “everything is ready” for the celebration of the summit, with the opening ceremony this Thursday, December 8 at 6:00 p.m., at the Gran Teatro del Cibao, in Santiago of the Knights.
The Dominican Republic takes advantage of any international scenario to advocate for the community to support Haiti, at a time when that country is experiencing one of its worst crises, especially insecurity, due to the armed gangs.
The Haitian theme is brought to the SICA before the migratory waves that the region is going through, which include Haitian immigrants who fled their country after the 2010 earthquake and are also doing so now in the current crisis.
More about the summit
Paliza announced that after the inauguration ceremony, the president Luis Abinader will offer a dinner to the heads of state and delegations of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras and Belize. On Friday there will be a breakfast at the presidential house at 8:00 am, and then the heads of state and government will go to the Utesa Dominican Culture and Convention Center.
It will be in that place where the meeting will be held, which will conclude with the transfer of the Presidency pro tempore (PPT) of the SICA, currently held by the Dominican Republic, to Belize. Beating communicated that it is up to the heads of state to know about the affairs of the region in terms of democracy, development, freedom, peace and security.
As a prelude to the meeting of the presidents, a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of SICA.
Meaning of the PPT
The main achievement exhibited by this PPT of the Dominican Republic is the appointment of the general secretary of the SICA with which it was possible to restore the system and restart the paralyzed works for more than a year.
“This system seeks to strengthen the ties and integration links between countries”Administrative Minister of the Presidency
The impasse occurred due to the lack of consensus among the heads of member states to elect one of the candidates proposed by the Nicaraguan regime. In the end, he decided on Werner Isaac Vargas Torres.
After this, it was possible to start the work and resume the dialogues with the cooperators and observers, in order to restart the organization. In November alone there were three face-to-face ministerial meetings.
A Council of Ministers of Foreign Relations dedicated to analyzing the next steps to follow to expedite the path towards the Regional integration of the countries of the SICAthrough a process of reflection.
Also the extraordinary meeting of the chancellors of the SICA with their counterparts from the Andean Community (CAN), this being the first formal and exclusive meeting between both regions, with 12 countries represented, plus the presence of the Central American Bank of Integration Economic (CABEI) and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF).
At closing there will be a rendering of accounts and a joint statement will be made. “The Dominican Republic will have shown that it has complied with the motto of its Pro Tempore Presidency: Adapting integration to new challenges”, It was reported from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Mirex).
