Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom Caballeros, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, Costa Rica's President Oscar Arias and El Salvador's President Elias Saca (L-R) attend the summit meeting of SICA in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, on Oct. 4, 2008. Leaders and representatives of the Central American Integration System (SICA) member states Saturday met in Tegucigalpa on regional security and integration.  (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    MANAGUA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Leaders and representatives of the Central American Integration System (SICA) member states Saturday met in Honduras's capital Tegucigalpa on regional security and integration, according to reports reaching here.

    Presidents from Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador, a vice president of Panama as well as representatives from the Dominican Republic and Belize attended the summit meeting.

    Top on the agenda of the SICA meeting were security across the Central America, efforts to establish a customs union among the member nations and the U.S. financial crisis's impact on the region.

    SICA was founded in December 1991 to push for integration in the Central American region. It now has eight members -- Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Dominican Republic.