Minister of Foreign Relations Miguel Vargas Maldonado left Tuesday, 12 April, on an 11-day European tour. He is holding meetings with Dominican diplomatic missions and government and business people in France, Italy, Spain and Turkey on matters of business, trade, investment and cooperation.
The Ministry has reported that in Spain he met with Dominican ambassador Anibal de Castro and Dominican consuls in Spain Rafael Acosta (Madrid), Jorge Cordero (Valencia), Adriano de los Santos (Barcelona) and Juan Borg (Sevilla). In Madrid, he participated in the Padre Billini 2016 award ceremony at the residence of Dominican ambassador Anibal de Castro.
During the tour, Vargas is accompanied by Deputy Minister for Foreign Policy Cesar Medina, Deputy Minister for Economic and International Cooperation Hugo Rivera, Deputy Minister for Consular and Migratory Affairs Marjorie Espinosa and Ministry director of communications Hugo Beras.
On Vargas’ agenda for the trip are scheduled meetings with French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development Jean Marc Ayrault, and a luncheon with Minister of State for Development and Francophonie Jean Marie Le Guen.
The Ministry announced in France he is also meeting with Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, a French politician who is the first Secretary of the French Socialist Party since April 2014. He will also participate in an event at the French National Assembly together with of the inter-parliamentary France-Dominican Republic Friendship Group. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Relations says that several meetings at the Dominican Embassy are confirmed with French businessmen to discuss renewable energy and initiatives that seek to improve public transport in the Dominican Republic.
From France, Vargas will travel to Ankara, Turkey where on his agenda is a meeting with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and Turkey Foreign Minister Mevlute Cavusoglu. In Turkey, he will visit the Sincan industrial zone and also participate at a conference organized by the University of Ankara at its Center for Latin American Studies.
In Istanbul he will meet with colleagues of the Interamerican System of Central America (SICA) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to discuss matters of culture, investment and international cooperation.
Ministry of Foreign Relations
El Dia
17 April 2017
