Dominican Republic Vice President Raquel Peña Rodríguez will visit Bharat
from October 3 to 5, stated the Ministry of External Affairs.
The Dominican Republic Vice President is set to visit Bharat at the
invitation of her Indian counterpart Jagdeep Dhankhar. This will be the
first-ever visit of the Vice President of the Dominican Republic to Bharat.
“The visit is significant as it takes place at a time when
India-Dominican Republic bilateral relationship is entering its 25th year. The
two countries established diplomatic relations on May 4, 1999,” the MEA said in
an official release.
During her visit, Vice President Raquel Peña Rodríguez will call on
President Droupadi Murmu.
She will hold discussions with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and
other Indian dignitaries, and will deliver a lecture on Bharat-Dominican
Republic relations at the Indian Council for World Affairs.
Diplomatic relations between Bharat and Dominican Republic were
established in May, 1999. A deal was signed in May 2001 in Santo Domingo to
hold regular Foreign Office consultations.
Dominican Republic is an important partner of Bharat in the Latin
America and Caribbean region. The visit of the Vice President of the Dominican
Republic comes closely on the heels of that of External Affairs Minister Dr S
Jaishankar to that country in April 2023, the MEA release added.
Bharat’s exports to the Dominican Republic are small but growing.
Training and exchange of good practices have constituted the two main axes of
the cooperation between Bharat and the Dominican Republic.
Both nations have expressed their willingness to continue working
together and to identify new initiatives.
Within the framework of the ITEC program, Dominican professionals
have been receiving training since 1999 in Indian institutions in various
disciplines.
A centre of Excellence for Information Technologies set up in 2011
in Santiago, with the support of the Indian government, operated with three
Indian instructors for a period of two years.
The visit of the Dominican Republic Vice President Raquel Peña
Rodríguez to Bharat will present an additional chance to carry on important
conversations to further develop and widen the mutually beneficial partnership
between the two nations.
ANI
