San Jose, 29 mar (EFE) .- The United States Vice President, Joseph Biden, arrived today in Costa Rica under strong measures deseguridad and accompanied by his wife, Jill, and unascuarenta a group of people.

Biden on Monday maintained a bilateral working meeting with the president of Costa Rica, Óscar Arias, then participating in a meeting with regional leaders of Central America.

charge d'affaires of the United States Embassy in SanJose, Peter Brennan, told Efe that the agenda of the meeting incluyetemas security, including the implementation of Plan Merida, the luchacontra drugs, analysis of the current situation economicamundial and development projects in Central America.

According to Brennan, the goal is to share ideas and develop joint untrabajo and advance preparations for the V Summit of the Americas, held in Trinidad and Tobago between 17 and 19 deabril.

Biden arrived at the airport Juan Santamaria in capitalcostarricense from Chile, where he participated in the Summit Progressive deLideres.

Its companions include the deputy undersecretary paraAmerica America, Craig Kelly and National Security Advisor, Daniel Restrepo.

The Presidents of Panama, Martin Torrijos, of Guatemala, ГѓВЃlvaroColom and El Salvador, Elias Antonio Saca, suasistencia already confirmed the appointment, which does not come deNicaragua leaders, Daniel Ortega, and Honduras, Manuel Zelaya.

Vice President of Honduras, Aristides Mejia , to represent lareunion Zelaya, said that problems of the agenda for excusarsu assistance, and Deputy Foreign Minister of Nicaragua, Manuel Coronel, traveling on behalf of Ortega, who regretted not hubierautilizado the Central American Integration System (SICA), queel chairs this semester, to conclude the meeting.

Also with the president-elect of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, the prime minister of Belize, Dean Barrow.

The meeting scheduled for Monday were held in all lakes Presidential seat of government of Costa Rica.

security agents and a U.S. government guarantee 150oficiales traffic order during the stay DUE Costa Rica, where there is no army.

Biden's visit is the first high level meeting of the countries of Central America with the Administration of presidenteestadounidense, Barack Obama.

The Government of Costa Rica Biden described the trip as unclaro recognition of the trajectory of Costa Rica, the most antiguademocracia Latin America as a strategic partner of United States in the region. EFE

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