Moscoso will be joined by Salvadorean counterpart Francisco Flores, Guatemala's Alfonso Portillo, Nicaragua's Enrique Bolaños, and Costa Rica's Abel Pacheco, in addition to Belizean Prime Minister Said Musa, Honduran Vice-President José Alberto Diaz, and Sergio Grullón Estrella, secretary-general of the presidential office of the Dominican Republic.
Portillo was characteristically outspoken in pre-summit talks. He described current levels of trade between Taiwan and the Central American sub-region as 'erratic', yo-yoing from year to year rather than steadily increasing 'as it should do'. He proposed the creation of a regional investment association between Taiwan and Central America to deepen economic ties. Unlike much other FDI in Central America, Taiwanese investment in the sub-region has increased in recent years, up 36%, to US$404m, between 1998 and 2002.
Meanwhile, in a pre-summit meeting with President Chen Shui-bian, Pacheco said that Costa Rica would continue to support Taiwan's bid to join the UN and the World Health Organization.
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