Chinese, Costa Rican
Legislators Concluded
First Official Exchange
Chinese and Costa Rican
legislators concluded
their first official
exchange Wednesday since
the two countries
established diplomatic
ties in June.
A Chinese legislators'
delegation led by Jiang
Enzhu, director of the
Foreign Affairs
Committee of China's
National People's
Congress (NPC), paid a
four-day visit to Costa
Rica, and held talks
with congress president
Francisco Antonio
Pacheco and Foreign
Minister Bruno Stagno.
Speaking highly of Costa
Rican President Oscar
Arias Sanchez's October
visit to China, Jiang
expressed his
appreciation for the
Costa Rican government
and congress's decision
to establish diplomatic
ties between the two
countries.
He said China is willing
to make joint efforts
with Costa Rica to
promote their practical
cooperation and
implement the consensus
reached between Chinese
President Hu Jintao and
Arias and the agreements
signed by the two
countries.
The NPC attaches great
importance to developing
friendly exchanges with
the Costa Rican congress
at all levels and in all
fields, he said.
Pacheco said the Costa
Rican congress firmly
supports the
government's decision to
open diplomatic ties
with China, saying the
move is in the interests
of both countries and
peoples.
Stagno, on his part,
expressed his
satisfaction with the
development of bilateral
ties, saying President
Arias' successful China
tour, which has
attracted wide attention
both in and out of the
country, bore out the
fact that establishing
diplomatic ties is the
right thing that should
be done.
Both Pacheco and Stagno
said the Taiwan issue is
China's domestic affair
and the trend of China's
reunification is
irreversible.
They said the Costa
Rican government and
congress will stick to
the one-China policy,
vowing not to have any
official exchanges with
Taiwan.
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