Costa Rica's
Presidenta Meets
With Chinese FM
Costa Rica's
presidenta Laura
Chinchilla and
visiting Chinese
Foreign Minister
Yang Jiechi
agreed Sunday to
promote
bilateral ties
in various
fields.
Chinchilla said
Costa Rica-China
relations have
kept developing
since the two
countries forged
diplomatic ties
three years ago.
The Costa Rican
people have
friendly
feelings toward
the Chinese
people, and are
grateful for
China's valuable
aid, she added.
Chinchilla said
her country is
speeding up
economic
development,
adding it
regards China as
its important
cooperative
partner and
would learn from
China's
successful
experience.
She said Costa
Rica hopes to
boost
cooperation with
China in trade
and economy,
finance, green
energy,
transport
infrastructure
and other
fields, and
welcomes Chinese
companies to
invest in the
country.
Yang, for his
part, said the
Sino-Costa Rican
ties have moved
forward very
smoothly
although they
were forged not
so long ago.
He said China
thanks Costa
Rica for its
adherence to the
one-China policy
and attaches
great importance
to bilateral
relations,
adding it is
willing to keep
high-level
bilateral
visits, expand
people-to-people
and cultural
exchanges, and
deepen mutual
understanding
and friendship.
Also on Sunday,
Yang held talks
with his Costa
Rican
counterpart Rene
Castro. They
exchanged views
on bilateral
practical
cooperation, and
inked an
agreement on the
economic and
technological
cooperation
between the two
governments.
Yang is on the
last stop of his
four-nation
tour, which
lasts from July
25 to August 4
and has taken
him to Austria,
Mexico and Cuba. |
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