The President of Guatemala Otto Perez Molina arrives in Belize tomorrow morning at 7:00 am via helicopter for the 44th Summit of the SICA Heads of State. He joins the Presidents of Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominican Republic and Panama along with heads of delegations for Costa Rica and El Salvador.
The one-day Summit commences at 8:45 am at the Belize Ocean Club in Placencia where Belize will hand over the pro-tem presidency of SICA to Guatemala. Matters to be dealt with in the summit include the migration of unaccompanied minors to the United States, regional security, and climate change, among other topics.
The meeting of the council of ministers of foreign affairs was held today in Belmopan.
The Heads of State are arriving at the little used Riversdale Airport where we are told civil aviation, customs and immigration have set up makeshift operations while the management of the PGIA is sending a fire truck there for tomorrow.