Fernandez confirms attendance at summit

[NewsWhore]

President Leonel Fernandez has confirmed his attendance at the V Summit of the Americas that will bring together 34 heads of state and of governments from the Western Hemisphere. The meeting will take place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago this Friday, and is scheduled to serve as a discussion of an agenda that will deal with human prosperity, energy security and environmental sustainability, issues that will be included in the final declaration from the meeting, according to the summit's webpage. Recently, the Dominican media has been reporting that United States President Barack Obama has mentioned the possibility of holding private talks with his Dominican counterpart during the summit sessions. Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has also alluded to this possibility over the past few days, but nothing has been confirmed so far. According to other sources, the White House has not looked askance at Fernandez's recent visit to Cuba, where he met with Fidel Castro.

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