Speaking during a visit to New Delhi, Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso has announced that the DR would be opening several consulates in India, whose purpose would be to foster tourism, industrial and service investment in the Dominican Republic. The consulates would also issue visas and other facilities. Morales said visas would automatically be issued to all Indians that already have either a US visa or a European visa. Morales made this announcement at a meeting with Latin American and Caribbean ambassadors accredited in India during his recent visit. Morales commented that India is the second largest country in the world in terms of population, with 250 million families in the middle class alone.