Luanda - Angola and the Dominican Republic signed this Tuesday, in Santo Domingo, Capital of the Dominican Republic, a legal instrument to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
According to a press release, the document was signed on the sidelines of the "I Meeting of Political Consultations between the Republics of Angola and the Dominican Republic", held in the capital of this country in the Caribbean region.
This is the "Memorandum of Understanding between the Venâncio de Moura Diplomatic Academy and the Institute of Higher Education in Diplomatic and Consular Training (INESDYC)", signed by ambassadors Felisberto Martins, for Angola, and José Muñoz, for the Dominican Republic.
The document aims to establish conditions for regular contacts and promote cooperation between the parties, in the field of training diplomatic staff from their respective countries, based on shared interests and mutual benefits.
First Meeting on Political Consultations
The meeting in which Angola was represented by the secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Esmeralda Mendonça, and the Dominican Republic by the vice-minister of Bilateral Foreign Policy, Jose Gomez, also served to address matters of common interest in the political-diplomatic forum.
Diplomatic relations between Angola and the Dominican Republic were established in 2009, in a ceremony held at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, United States of America.
In September 2023, the two countries celebrated the signing of three important legal instruments, which have boosted and strengthened political-diplomatic and cooperation relations between the two countries, namely, the "Cooperation Framework Agreement", "Memorandum of Understanding on Political Consultations" and the "Agreement on Suppression of Visas in Diplomatic and Service Passports".
The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean country that shares the Spanish island with Haiti to the west, and is well known for its beaches, resorts and golf courses.
It is considered a middle-income country and one of the main Central American and Caribbean economies that depends mainly on more than seven billion dollars/year from tourism.
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