Weekly Report - 10 April 2014 (WR-14-14)

El Salvador’s President-elect Salvador Sánchez Cerén held a private meeting with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández on 5 April. The scheduled joint press conference did not take place afterwards but both men signed a declaration promising “constructive, fluid and sustained dialogue” to deepen bilateral ties. Sánchez Cerén has served notice that his foreign policy priority will be deepening Central American integration, touring the sub-region ahead of his investiture on 1 June and appointing the present secretary general of the Central American integration system (Sica), Hugo Martínez, as his foreign minister. Strengthening ties with Honduras will provide the most exacting challenge for the incoming government, with sovereignty over Conejo Island [WR-14-13] being a potential flashpoint.

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