The Commonwealth of

Dominica has established a new embassy in the capital of the United Arab

Emirates, Abu Dhabi – becoming the first Dominican mission to the country,

but also to the Middle East.

Speaking during the

opening ceremony earlier this week, Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit

said the embassy also comes to service a ‘small but dynamic’ community of

Dominican economic citizens, which is growing via the island’s world-leading

Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme.

The government of Dominica

has appointed Hubert John Charles as the Ambassador to the UAE.

Prior to his new appointment, Charles

served as the Dominican Ambassador to the United States and as the Permanent

Representative of Dominica at the Organisation of American States.

“Thanks to the Citizenship

by Investment Programme, Dominica already has a small but dynamic population,

resident in the UAE and contributing to the dynamism of its service sector and

to sustainable development at home,” said Skerrit.

He added that the new

Dominican Embassy in Abu Dhabi will serve as “a crucial link between what is in

effect the Dominican Diaspora here in the UAE and the homeland.”

“As a result of the

success and good reputation of the CBI Programme, investors’ trust in both,

Dominica and its Programme remains unshaken. Dominica grants successful CBI

applicants valuable citizenship benefits like family security, visa-free and

visa-on-arrival travel to 140 destinations and growing business opportunities.”