World IN BRIEF : EL SALVADOR : Christopher Begins Latin America Visit

U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher arrived in El Salvador at the beginning of a three-day visit during which he will meet Central American presidents. Christopher arrived at Comalapa airport on El Salvador’s Pacific coast and was met by Salvadoran Foreign Minister Ramon Gonzalez Giner, witnesses said. The aim of Christopher’s eight-day, five-country swing is to salute the progress made by the region in moving toward political and economic liberalism, and to seek stepped up cooperation in fighting drugs, crime and illegal migration.