Minister of Foreign Relations Hugo Tolentino Dipp and Ambassador Ali Khaled Al-Sabah of Kuwait signed for the DR and Kuwait establishing diplomatic relations. Al Sabah highlighted Dominican solidarity with Kuwait during the Iraq invasion in 1991. Al Sabah said that the DR could benefit from the Kuwait foreign investment fund. Minister of Foreign Relations Tolentino toasted with champagne, the Kuwait ambassador with papaya juice, as reported in El Siglo newspaper.
