Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic have signed two cooperation agreements aimed at strengthening relations between the two countries. The ceremony yesterday, Tuesday 26 May 2015, was led by Foreign Ministers Manolo Gonzalez Sanz and Andres Navarro, as well as the Economy Minister Temistocles Montas.
The first agreement is a general cooperation agreement and the second seeks to develop educational links via the Dr. Eduardo Latorre Institute of Higher Education in Diplomatic and Consular Training at the Dominican Foreign Ministry and the Manuel Maria de Peralta Institute of Overseas Service in Costa Rica.
Speaking at the ceremony, Montas said that relations with Costa Rica have always been special as Costa Rica supported Dominicans in the struggle against the Trujillo dictatorship. He highlighted that the current President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solis, had worked as a consultant in his Ministry and hoped that the agreement would serve as a vehicle to help strengthen the existing links of brotherhood and affection.
Minister Montas was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of International Cooperation, Inocencio Garcia Javier and the Director of Bilateral Cooperation, Nelson Felipe Valdez. Navarro thanked Costa Rica for contributing to the improved training and technical professional abilities in the Foreign Service in the Dominican Republic.
Costa Rican Foreign Relations Minister Manolo Gonzalez Sanz said that relations between the two countries were very friendly right up to between the two presidents.
The Costa Rican delegation included the Director General of Foreign Policy Linyl Baidal, Director of International Cooperation Irina Elizondo, the Business Attache at the Costa Rican embassy in the Dominican Republic, Oscar Solis Rangel, Trade Attache and Director of Commercial Promotion for the Caribbean Alexander Roman, and Rebeca Ugalde, assistant to the Minister.
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