Costa Rica signs cooperation agreement with Palestine
September 25th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Government of Costa Rica announced on Monday that it had signed a cooperation agreement with Palestine, as part of its activities during the General Assembly of the United Nations, taking place in New York this week.
The agreement was signed by Costa Rican Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo and his Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al-Maliki, Costa Rica’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“This agreement reflects the commitment of both countries to strengthen relations and the development of mutual understanding in areas such as education, culture, health, tourism, agriculture, environment, sciene and technology, libraries and archives, youth and sports, cooperation, strengthening of the Foreign Service, and rights of children and families,” the statement said.
The Foreign Ministry said that “Costa Rica recognized the State of Palestine on February 5th, 2008 and since then the two countries have been working to develop stronger ties between the two peoples.”
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