Kazakhstan and the Dominican Republic Take Bilateral Cooperation to a New Level

Santo Domingo, May 6-10, 2025 – In order to activate a number of relevant areas of bilateral relations, including trade and economic cooperation, the elaboration of agreements on visa-free travel and law enforcement, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Cuba Andrian Yelemesov paid a working visit to the Dominican Republic.

At a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host country with the Deputy Minister Opinio Diaz the issue of the ratification by the Dominican side of the Agreement on Short-term visa-free travel for citizens of the two countries, signed by the parties in New York on September 22, 2022, was discussed.

The domestic procedures for visa-free travel of citizens of the two countries have already been reviewed by the Commission of deputies in the Parliament of the Dominican Republic and at the end of May this year the document will be sent for signing by the President of this country Luis Abinader. The agreements on the abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, official and official passports were ratified by the Dominican Republic on September 5, 2024.

At a meeting at the Prosecutor General’s Office the host country declared its readiness to sign an agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and the transfer of convicts. Representatives of the Dominican Republic proposed to hold a signing ceremony in September this year in New York within the framework of the UN General Assembly.

At a meeting with the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Dominican Republic Faride Raful local representatives expressed interest in a mutual partnership with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and offered to sign an appropriate Memorandum of mutual cooperation.

At a meeting with the Deputy minister of Environment and Nature Protection of the Dominican Republic Carlos Augusto Batista and experts from this department the Kazakh side’s proposal to cancel the annotation on the zero export quota for commercial trade in saiga products (only the Kazakh saiga population) at the Convention on International Trade in Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) conference, which will be held in 2025, was discussed. The representatives of the Dominican Republic accepted Kazakhstan’s offer with understanding and promised to support Kazakhstan at the CITES conference.

At a meeting organized by the Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan in this country Thomas Gonzalez together with a number of his colleagues representatives of local businesses expressed a desire to establish trade and economic cooperation with Kazakhstan and expressed interest in projects proposed in various areas, including the development of rare earth metals, energy, agriculture and others.

At all meetings during the working visit of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan the Dominican side showed its sincere respect for our country and demonstrated its readiness to further actively promote bilateral relations in various directions.