The DR will head Rio Group

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Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has announced that the DR will take on the presidency of the Rio Group on a temporary basis at the end of February. The Rio Group, founded in 1986, is a Latin American organization created as an alternative to the Organization of American States. The Dominican Republic became a full member at the 2000 Cartagena Summit. In related news, Morales Troncoso also announced that the Dominican Republic would be hosting the European Union members Foreign Ministers' Summit. Morales Troncoso was speaking during the SICA (Sistema de la Integracion Centroamericana - Central American Integration System) conference held in San Salvador, where he invited attendees to the conference in the DR.

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