Santo Domingo.- Dominican chief executive Leonel Fernandez and Costa Rica’s ex president and Nobel Peace Prize Oscar Arias will preside the Forum for Peace in the Middle East, from March 10 to 12 in Costa Rica’s capital San Jose.

The organizers of the “Latin American Alliance for Peace in the Middle East- the role of Latin America civil societies” announced the activity in Santo Domingo yesterday, hosted by the Global Foundation Democracy and Development (Funglode), headed by Fernandez, and by the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, headed by Costa Rica’s former chief executive.

The Latin American Social Sciences Faculty (Flacso), civil society, officials of the Central American Foreign Relations ministries, academicians, cultural and political personalities of the world, as well as members and of the Arab and Jewish community in Latin America, the United States, Europe, Israel and Palestinian territories will participate in and support the forum.

In a statement, Funglode Senior adviser Hasan Rahman affirmed that it’s the very first time that an event of such vision is organized.