Following a meeting with President Danilo Medina, visiting Turkish Minister of Foreign Relations Ahmet Davutoglu announced that the Dominican Republic and Turkey signed several economic and civil aviation cooperation agreements.
Dayutoglu invited President Medina to visit Turkey.
Turkey views the Dominican Republic as a strategic point to coordinate its official international programs and expand its trade with other countries in the Caribbean. The agreements cover aviation initiatives, the implementation of visa exemption protocols for diplomatic passports and economic cooperation.
For example, Dayutoglu, announced the aviation agreement would prepare the way for Turkish Airlines to fly to the Dominican Republic.
Turkey opened an embassy in Santo Domingo in October 2013 and a future free trade agreement is being contemplated as well as the possibility of the DR opening an embassy in Ankara, Turkey.
Ashmet Davutoglo was accompanied by the Turkish ambassador in this country, Aydin Evirgen; the Dominican Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations, Jose Manuel Trullols and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations for Economic Affairs and Trade Negotiations, Cesar Dargam.
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