The president Luis Abinader announced that the Dominican Republic will host the regional dialogue of the World Governments Summit (World Government Summit). The event will be held on the days November 20 and 21 of this year.
During a press conference, the president indicated that, in this new version, the Dominican Republic hopes to receive the double the delegations who participated in 2025, when the country hosted the first regional dialogue of the World Governments Summit carried out outside the United Arab Emirates, becoming the first host country in Latin America for an initiative of this nature.
“This makes the Dominican Republic a reference for government progress and holding a regional event where we will have the majority of the presidents and important officials of the governments of the region,” said Abinader.
The Dominican authorities indicated that an invitation will be extended to the vast majority of the region’s presidents.
On your side, Mohamed Al Sharhangeneral director of the World Governments Summit organization, noted that the 2025 edition was a “resounding success” due to the great support it received from government authorities.
“The purpose of this dialogue is so that we can have a conversation about digital transformationGovernments, integration of the region and it is an opportunity for the Dominican Republic to serve as a gateway for the United Arab Emirates to the Latin American region,” Al Sharhan exclaimed, through an interpreter.
The officialization of the dialogue is a follow-up to the letter of intent signed between United Arab Emirates and Dominican Republic signed at the closing of the World Governments Summit (WGS) held in Dubai last February.
In this context, the World Governments Summit signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Center for Analysis for Public Policies (CAPP) in 2025, establishing an institutional cooperation framework for the development of dialogue initiatives, public policy analysis and international linkage.
