Dominican Republic to open embassy in Turkey

By Meltem Bulur and Zuhal Demirci

ANKARA (AA) - The Dominican Republic plans to open an embassy in Turkey, the country’s foreign minister confirmed on Wednesday.

“We would like to open an embassy in your country within four, five months,” Miguel Vargas told reporters after meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara.

“We’ve made all the diplomatic preparations for this and completed the process. Only the opening remains,” he said.

Turkey opened its embassy in the Dominican Republic in 2013.

A large number of Turkish businessmen are looking to investment in the Dominican Republic now, Vargas said, adding: "We welcomed this."

The foreign ministers discussed bilateral ties, regional issues and trade during the first official foreign ministerial visit from Dominican Republic to Turkey.

The two countries also signed a general cooperation agreement, according to Vargas.

Istanbul will host a meeting of Turkish and Central American ministers on Thursday.

Foreign ministers of the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica are expected to participate as part of the Central American Integration System (SICA) forum.