Presidents (L-R top) Martin Torrijos of Panama, Tony Saca of El Salvador, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, (L-R bottom) Cristina Fernandez of Argentina, Felipe Calderon of Mexico and Leonel Fernandez of the Dominican Republic pose for their group photo at the 20th Group of Rio Summit at the foreign ministry in Santo Domingo March 7, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

In his opening speech, Fernandez stressed the need to promote energy saving and rational use policies and the use of clean energy.

He also stated the importance of Rio Group's unity, in reference to the diplomatic conflict of Colombia with Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

The summit "grants us the extraordinary opportunity to consolidate relations between our people, strengthen the cooperation actions and strengthen the consensus positions," said Fernandez.