UAE, Chile sign Reciprocal Visa Waiver MOU

(New York) – The Governments of the of the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Chile have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the exemption of entry visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, official and special passports on reciprocal basis. The MOU was signed in New York by UAE Foreign Minister, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Chile’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alfredo Moreno Charme.
The MOU takes into account the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 and emanates from a mutual desire to promote further development of bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries. Under the MOU, the two countries shall permit each other’s nationals holding valid diplomatic, official/special passports to enter, exit from and transit through their respective territories without entry visa and without a fee.