Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Dominican Republic head of state President Luis Abinader is set to embark on a four-day official working trip to Madrid, Spain, running from November 3 through November 6, anchored by his formal participation in the 30th edition of the Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, alongside a packed schedule of targeted bilateral talks, industry site visits, multilateral stakeholder meetings, and cultural recognition ceremonies. The landmark Ibero-American gathering itself will unfold across November 4 and 5, drawing top leadership from across the Ibero-American geopolitical bloc to advance shared regional priorities, collaborative policy frameworks, and cross-national partnership agreements. Abinader’s first formal summit engagement will see him join fellow heads of state and government for the opening ceremony hosted at Madrid’s historic Teatro Real on the Wednesday of the summit week, immediately followed by an official state dinner hosted for all participating national leaders at the iconic Royal Palace. The following day, Thursday, the Dominican president will take part in the summit’s core plenary deliberations and a suite of complementary official programming hosted at the newly established Royal Collections Gallery, where he is scheduled to hold one-on-one bilateral discussions with Costa Rican President Laura Fernández and European Investment Bank chief Nadia Calviño. Prior to the formal summit’s opening on Wednesday, Abinader will sit down for a pre-summit strategic meeting with CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean Executive President Sergio Díaz-Granados to align on ongoing regional development financing initiatives. The full scope of Abinader’s Madrid agenda kicks off on the Tuesday preceding the summit, when he will travel to the city of Getafe for an official tour of the global headquarters of aerospace giant Airbus, followed by a special awards ceremony honoring high-achieving Dominican expatriates based in Spain via the prestigious “Índice Somos Todos” distinction. The Dominican head of state will also take an active role in the parallel Ibero-American Business Meeting, participate in working sessions convened by the Ibero-American Business Council, and hold targeted roundtables with leading private sector executives from Europe and Latin America to unlock new trade and investment pathways for the Dominican Republic. Thursday evening will bring a private official dinner hosted by Javier Cremades, president of the World Jurist Association, to discuss cross-border legal cooperation and rule of law initiatives across the Ibero-American region. On the final full day of his visit, Friday, President Abinader will present a special state distinction to Carmen Iglesias, the distinguished director of Spain’s Royal Academy of History, in recognition of her decades of scholarly work advancing shared historical research between the Dominican Republic and Spain. He will also tour the brand-new headquarters of UN Tourism for a high-level strategic meeting with the organization’s Secretary-General Shaikha Alnuwais, focused on joint efforts to boost sustainable tourism growth across the Caribbean and Ibero-American regions. Additional scheduled engagements include a meeting with Encarna Piñero, CEO of leading Spanish tourism and real estate conglomerate Grupo Piñero, and the official opening of the “Más Cerca de Casa” Dominican real estate fair organized by the country’s national Association of Housing Builders and Developers (Acoprovi), designed to connect Dominican real estate projects with international buyers and investors. President Abinader is slated to depart Madrid and return to the Dominican Republic on Friday afternoon, wrapping up the packed four-day diplomatic and commercial mission.