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PM Travels To Honduras To Meet President Lobos
posted (November 7, 2012)
Prime Minister Dean Barrow is in Honduras tonight. He arrived around noon for a one-day visit to meet with Honduran President, Porfirio Lobo.

After a working lunch, the two leaders signed agreements in the areas of tourism, health and cooperation. They will also discuss a broad range of issues including migration, and transfer of Honduran prisoners who are serving time in Belize.

According to news reports from Honduras, the Prime Minister along with his wife and Ambassador Fred Martinez at the Hernan Acosta Mejia air base in Tegucigalpa this morning where he spoke about the further strengthening of ties of friendship between the two nations. Barrow also commented on the population of Hondurans who he said quote, "we welcome with pleasure into our country."

President Lobo visited Belize in 2010, and this is reciprocal visit.

This afternoon, Prime Minister Barrow visited , CABEI, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration where he met with Executive Vice President Alejandro Rodriguez Zamora.

An important meeting, because CABEI will fund the highway to the new Belize Mexico bridge as the Sana Elena Border.

Barrow's visit to Honduras will conclude with the signing of a joint statement and a press conference.

The Belize delegation includes Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington, Tourism Minister, Manuel Heredia and other senior government officials.

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