Costa Rica's
Ambassador to
Beijing Says
China Pressuring
For Work Visas
Costa Rica's
ambassador to
Beijing Antonio
Burgues has
condemned the
pressure brought
by a Chinese
diplomat in
Costa Rica to
secure 100
working visas
for Chinese
workers
Burgues,
identifying the
diplomat as
commercial
attaché Mao
Furong, slammed
"another case of
unwelcome
intervention...
in Costa Rican
internal
affairs," in a
letter sent
three weeks ago
to the deputy
foreign minister
Carlos Roverssi,
the newspaper
said.
"I hope it's the
last time," he
wrote.
According to the
letter, Burgues
noted that Mao
met with
Roverssi over
the issue, and
Roverssi sent a
diplomatic note
to the Chinese
embassy
regretting a
delay in
granting the
work visas for
100 Chinese
nationals to
come to the
Central American
nation to build
homes.
The pressure
from Beijing
began after the
ministra de
Trabajo (Labour
Minister) Sandra
Piszk sent a
request to the
immigration
service not to
give visas to
for the Chinese
construction
workers.
Chinese labour
is being used to
build Costa
Rica's national
stadium, a
project
undertaken by
the Chinese
government as a
donation to
Costa Rica.
Costa Rica ended
a decades long
diplomatic
relationship
with Taiwan in
favour of China
in June 2007.
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