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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release March 2, 1998

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY

                 President Clinton to Travel to Chile
              for Summit of the Americas and State Visit

President Clinton will travel to Santiago, Chile April 16-20, for a State Visit to Chile and to attend the second Summit of the Americas. The Summit, the second in a hemispheric process inaugurated by President Clinton in Miami in December 1994, will bring together all 34 democratically-elected heads of state and government to reach agreement on the principal challenges our region faces in the 21st century: education, strengthening democracy, building prosperity through economic integration and trade, and combating poverty. President Clinton and the First Lady will also participate in a bilateral State Visit hosted by President Frei.

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