The solemn ceremony will be attended by the King of Spain, Felipe VI; presidents of Honduras, Xiomara Castro; Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo; Panama, José Raúl Mulino Quintero; Paraguay, Santiago Peña Palacios; of Suriname, Chandrikapersad Santokhi; of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou; and the vice president of El Salvador, Félix Ulloa, the Foreign Ministry specified.

Also present are the prime ministers of Bahamas, Philip Edward Davis, of Belize, John Briceño; of Guyana, Mark Phillips; and from Curaçao representing the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Gilmar Pisas; in addition, the Governor of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, and the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda, Rodney Williams.

Likewise, the Foreign Ministers of Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Morocco; Panama, Paraguay; Peru and Uruguay will witness this event.

High-level officials such as deputy prime ministers, ministers of State, vice ministers, ambassadors, special envoys, were appointed to accompany President Abinader by the governments of the United States, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cuba, China, Congo, Korea and the United Arab Emirates, according to the same source.

Likewise, representatives from the Philippines, Georgia, Mexico, Equatorial Guinea, India, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, Thailand, the Republic of Belarus, Serbia, Zimbabwe, Vietnam, among others.

International and regional organizations such as the United Nations (UN), the Organization of American States (OAS), the Ibero-American General Secretariat and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, among others, will also be represented at the highest level at the swearing-in of the dignitary.

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