Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on President Bush's Upcoming Meeting With President Alfredo Cristiani Buckard of El Salvador

President Bush will meet with President Alfredo Cristiani of El Salvador on Thursday, February 1 in the Oval Office. President Cristiani is on a private visit to the United States to meet with congressional leaders, and will also meet with U.N. Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar to discuss possible U.N. involvement in further talks with the FMLN guerrillas. President Bush and President Cristiani are expected to discuss prospects for peace in El Salvador in the context of the Central American peace process, and the progress of the investigation into the killing of the Jesuit priests.