{"id":247596,"date":"2026-02-16T07:07:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=247596"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:08:47","slug":"abinader-to-travel-to-us-chile-and-france-in-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/02\/16\/abinader-to-travel-to-us-chile-and-france-in-march-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Abinader to travel to US, Chile and France in March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luis-Abinader-viajes-US-Chile-MIREX.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luis-Abinader-viajes-US-Chile-MIREX.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luis-Abinader-viajes-US-Chile-MIREX-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>President Luis Abinader is set to embark on a high-level diplomatic tour in March 2026, with bilateral meetings with world leaders including Donald Trump (United States), Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast (Chile), and Emmanuel Macron (France) on the agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a report from the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) and the Presidency of the Dominican Republic, the itineraries focus on strengthening international alliances and solidifying the country&#8217;s position in global strategic discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican government emphasizes that this diplomatic push is intended to project the nation\u2019s influence in major global arenas and foster economic and political dialogue with key Western partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key agenda highlights:<br>\u2022 United States (7 March): President Abinader will travel to Miami to participate in a presidential summit convened by US President Donald Trump. The meeting aims to address regional security and common international interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting could be the replacement of the Summit of the Americas that would have been held in December 2025 in Punta Cana, but was postponed indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Chile (10-12 March): The President will attend the official inauguration of Chile\u2019s new President Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast. During this visit, a bilateral meeting is scheduled between the two leaders to discuss cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 France (24-25 March): The tour concludes in Paris, where Abinader will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and participate in high-level sessions at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Dominican Republic is working on being admitted to the OECD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mirex.gob.do\/presidente-abinader-desarrollara-agenda-internacional-en-marzo-con-cumbres-y-reuniones-bilaterales-con-trump-kast-y-macron\/\">Ministry of Foreign Relations <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 February 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Luis Abinader is set to embark on a high-level diplomatic tour in March 2026, with bilateral meetings with world leaders including Donald Trump (United States), Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast (Chile), and Emmanuel Macron (France) on the agenda. According to a report from the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) and the Presidency of the Dominican Republic, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/02\/16\/abinader-to-travel-to-us-chile-and-france-in-march-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[340,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247606,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247596\/revisions\/247606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}