President Danilo Medina will travel on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week to China, reports El Dia. Earlier, El Nacional, of the same Corripio media group, had announced Medina would travel to China on Saturday, 27 October 2018. Medina has scheduled the trip for meeting with President Xi Jinping and for the signing of around 15 bilateral agreements in Beijing. A large number of cabinet ministers are expected to travel to China with the President.
This would be the first visit of a Dominican statesman to China. Also on his agenda, reportedly, is a meeting with Shanghai business people.
The DR and the People’s Republic of China signed for full diplomatic relations on 1 May 2018. The Medina administration has centralized government relations with China with the opening of a specialized office at the Presidential Palace under Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jose Ramón Peralta.
The Presidency has yet to issue a formal statement with the details on the trip. Previously, it was said the President would travel in November to China.
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El Dia
24 October 2018
