KBO President Heo Koo-yeon meets with Dominican Republic Ambassador to Korea, "Various proposals including holding exhibition games for national teams"

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The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is launching full-scale baseball diplomacy with the Dominican Republic, a "world-class baseball powerhouse."

According to an official KBO statement released on the 15th, President Heo Koo-yeon and Ambassador to Korea Anji Shakira Martinez Tejera met at the Seoul Gangnam Baseball Hall on the 14th to discuss ways to activate baseball exchanges and sports diplomacy between the two countries.

According to the KBO, during the meeting, Ambassador Martinez Tejera proposed expanding exchanges through Dominican national players currently active in the KBO League. She also explored the possibility of holding diverse cultural events such as "Dominican Day" to introduce Dominican culture to domestic baseball fans, expressing her desire to continue player exchanges between the two countries through sustained sports diplomacy.

In response, President Heo Koo-yeon replied with concrete cooperation plans. President Heo proposed sending promising and young players from the Dominican Republic Winter League to form a Koo Seong-doen (CEO) team to participate in the "Ulsan-KBO Fall (Education) League" held domestically. He also conveyed the idea of promoting actual competitive exchanges through evaluation games and friendly matches with the Ham Kke (CEO) team. Furthermore, he expressed his determination to pursue official operational cooperation with the Dominican Republic Baseball Association through coordination with the Dominican Embassy in Korea.

Ambassador Martinez Tejera stated through the KBO, "The biggest commonality between Korea and the Dominican Republic is the passionate enthusiasm of the people for baseball." She added, "Through baseball exchanges with the KBO, we hope not only to introduce Dominican culture to Korea but also to further strengthen relations between our two countries on this occasion."

President Heo Koo-yeon also responded, "There is great interest in the Dominican Republic, a world-class baseball powerhouse, within the domestic baseball community." He expressed his expectation that "building on active cultural exchanges through baseball, we will establish an even closer cooperative relationship in the future."

Meanwhile, the KBO stated, "Starting with this meeting, we plan to continue ongoing practical discussions with the Dominican Embassy in Korea and will begin reviewing various exchange projects, including promising player exchanges and cultural events, to concretize them."

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