The foreign relations of the Dominican Republic are the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

's relations with other governments. The Dominican Republic has a close relationship with the United States and with the other states of the Inter-American system. It has accredited diplomatic missions in most

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countries and in principal European capitals.

History

The island nation of the Dominican Republic maintains very limited relations with most of the countries of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. It concentrated its diplomatic activities in four critical arenas: the circum-Caribbean, Latin America, the United States, and Western Europe (mainly

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, Spain, and France).

Diplomatic relations

Bilateral relations

Africa

Americas

Asia

Europe

Multilateral relations

The Dominican Republic is a founding member of the

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and many of its specialized and related agencies, including the

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International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

, International Atomic Energy Agency, and

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. It also is a member of the

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, World Customs Organization the Inter-American Development Bank,

Central American Integration System The Central American Integration System ( es, Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, or SICA) has been the economic and political organization of Central American states since 1 February 1993. On 13 December 1991, the ODECA countries (Spa ...

, and ACP Group.

References

External links

Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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