EL SALVADOR: SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE MARIA AZNAR ARRIVES IN SAN SALVADOR FOR MEETING WITH CENTRAL AMERICAN HEADS OF STATE

Record ID: 190493

  • Title: EL SALVADOR: SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE MARIA AZNAR ARRIVES IN SAN SALVADOR FOR MEETING WITH CENTRAL AMERICAN HEADS OF STATE
  • Date: 9th July 2003
  • Summary: (W8) SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR (JULY 9, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. MV: SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE MARIA AZNAR ARRIVING IN EL SALVADOR AND BEING GREETED BY SALVADORAN PRESIDENT FRANCISCO FLORES (2 SHOTS) 0.14 2. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SALVADORAN PRESIDENT FRANCISCO FLORES, SAYING: "This is the second time that you visit our land, Mr. Jose Maria. Just this deed is a great privilege for our country because this is a people, Mr. President, who loves you, esteems you and appreciates you." 0.31 3. SV: FLAGS 0.37 4. MV: HONDURAN PRESIDENT RICARDO MADURO ARRIVING AT SUMMIT 1.02 5. MV: NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT ENRIQUE BOLANOS ARRIVING AT MEETING 1.11 6. VARIOUS OF HEADS OF STATE IN MEETING (5 SHOTS) 1.46 7. MV: AZNAR WALKING WITH HEADS OF STATE 1.58 8. PULL OUT: GROUP PHOTOGRAPH OF HEADS OF STATE INCLUDING AZNAR, FLORES,MADURO, BOLANOS AND GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT ALFONSO PORTILLO, COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT ABEL PACHECO, PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT MIREYA MOSCOSCO AND PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, SAID W. MUSA 2.16 9. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE MARIA AZNAR, SAYING: "I think we're preparing decisive changes in the sphere of relations between our countries, changes that are, without a doubt, responses to the threats, to the challenges that we face and that stimulate economic and social transformations in each of our countries. Central America has not avoided the challenges that the current situation of international economic globalisation has raised. To the contrary. With its sights on the international opportunities, it is knowing how to respond to this order. Fragmented markets must be overcome and, for that, international relations is creating a united market similar in population to Spain." 3.07 10. WIDE: AUDIENCE APPLAUDING 3.11 11. SV: HEADS OF STATE IN WORKING CONFERENCE 3.17 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 24th July 2003 13:00
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  • Location: SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR
  • Country: El Salvador
  • Reuters ID: LVADYZNF4QS6JVGS0R338YTVIEV7
  • Story Text: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar has visited El
    Salvador to meet with Central American heads of state.


    Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar arrived in El
    Salvador on Wednesday (July 9) to set the stage for a future
    free trade accord between Central America and the European
    Union (EU), show his support for regional development and
    solidify an accord to combat terrorism, narcotrafficking and
    organised crime.

    Aznar encouraged the Central American leaders to sign a
    political accord by the end of 2003 which he says can serve to
    negotiate with the EU. The prime minister committed to
    advocating for the Central Americans in May of 2004 in Mexico
    during a summit between the EU, Latin America and the
    Caribbean.

    "I think we're preparing decisive changes in the sphere of
    relations between our countries, changes that are, without a
    doubt, responses to the threats, to the challenges that we
    face and that stimulate economic and social transformations in
    each of our countries," said Aznar.

    "Central America has not avoided the challenges that the
    current situation of international economic globalisation has
    raised. To the contrary. With its sights on the international
    opportunities, it is knowing how to respond to this order.

    Fragmented markets must be overcome and, for that,
    international relations is creating a united market similar in
    population to Spain."
    The leaders also announced an agreement to have troops
    from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua join Spaniards in
    rebuilding Iraq.

    Also on the agenda for Wednesday and Thursday are
    discussons over joint crime-fighting, Spanish investment in
    the region and the promotion of Central America as a tourist
    destination in Europe.

    The summit is being hosted in El Salvador, the major
    recipient of Spanish aid. The heads of state who attended were
    Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, Honduran President
    Ricardo Maduro, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos, Costa
    Rican President Abel Pacheco and Panamanian President Mireya
    Moscoso and the Prime Minister of Belize, Said W. Musa.


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