Editing Foreign relations of Costa Rica (section)

==Bilateral relations==
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|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|15 January 1997<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Costa Rica |url=https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/213/costa-rica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625074001/https://mfa.gov.az/en/content/213/costa-rica |archive-date=25 June 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021 |website=mfa.gov.az}}</ref>
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* The diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Costa Rica were established on 15 January 1997.<ref name=":0" />
* The Republic of Azerbaijan is accredited to the Republic of Costa Rica through its embassy in [[Mexico City]], Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|last=pickvisa.com|title=Azerbaijan Embassies in Costa Rica|url=https://pickvisa.com/embassies/azerbaijan-embassy-in-costa-rica|access-date=25 January 2021|website=pickvisa.com|language=en}}</ref>
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|{{flag|Belize}}||<!--Date started-->1981||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations in September 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]].
* Belize has an [[honorary consulate]] in San José.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Belmopan]].
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|{{flag|China}}|| ||
See [[China–Costa Rica relations]]

Costa Rica maintained official relations with the [[Republic of China]] (commonly known as [[Taiwan]]) instead of the People's Republic of China (commonly known as China) until 1 June 2007, when it opened relations with China. Taiwan then broke relations on 7 June.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/06/07/costa_rica_switches_allegiance_to_china_from_taiwan/ |title=Costa Rica switches allegiance to China from Taiwan - Boston.com<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=7 June 2007 |archive-date=3 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103205507/http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2007/06/07/costa_rica_switches_allegiance_to_china_from_taiwan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* China has an embassy in San José.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Beijing]].
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|{{flag|Cuba}}||<!--Date started-->||
Soon after [[Fidel Castro]] declared Cuba a [[Communist regime|socialist state]], Costa Rican President [[Mario Echandi|Mario Echandi Jiménez]] ended diplomatic relations on 10 September 1961 with the island through ''Executive Decree Number 2'', in compliance with sanctions placed on Cuba by the [[Organization of American States]]. In 1995, Costa Rica established a consular office in Havana. Cuba opened a consular office in Costa Rica in 2001. Forty-seven years after the initial freeze, Costa Rican President [[Óscar Arias|Óscar Arias Sánchez]] announced on 18 March 2009 that normal relations were to be re-established, saying, "If we have been able to turn the page with regimes as profoundly different to our reality as occurred with the USSR or, more recently, with the Republic of China, how would we not do it with a country that is geographically and culturally much nearer to Costa Rica?" Arias also announced that both countries would exchange ambassadors.<ref>[http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-18/world/costa.rica.cuba.ties_1_costa-rica-president-oscar-arias-cuban-people?_s=PM:WORLD Costa Rica re-establishes ties with Cuba] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121152532/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-03-18/world/costa.rica.cuba.ties_1_costa-rica-president-oscar-arias-cuban-people?_s=PM%3AWORLD |date=21 January 2012 }} CNN World, 18 March 2009.</ref> The next day, Cuba's government announced that it agreed to re-establishing relations.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Havana]].
* Cuba has an embassy in San José.
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|{{flag|Guyana}}||<!--Date started-->17 April 1974||
*Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 April 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|title=Countries with which Guyana has Establishment Diplomatic Relations – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation&#124; Co-operative Republic of Guyana|access-date=24 February 2019|archive-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216065040/https://www.minfor.gov.gy/diplomatic-relations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*Both countries are full members of the [[Organization of American States]].
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|{{flag|India}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–India relations]]
* India has honorary consulate in San José.<ref>[http://mea.gov.in/indian-mission.htm?49/49/0 Indian Honorary Consulate in Costa Rica]</ref>
* Costa Rica maintains an embassy in [[New Delhi]].<ref>[http://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy22178/ Costa Rica Embassy in India]</ref>

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|{{flag|Israel}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Israel relations]]

Costa Rica recognized Israel on 19 June 1948.<ref>"[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/recogIsrael.html Israel International Relations: International Recognition of Israel]". ''Jewish Virtual Library''.  American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Accessed on 23 December 2015.</ref> The Embassy of Costa Rica was located in [[Tel Aviv]] until it moved to [[Jerusalem]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 May 1982 |title=Costa Rican embassy returned to Jerusalem |page=A4 |work=The Sun |location=[[Baltimore, Maryland]], United States |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/538046636/ |url-access=registration}}</ref> As of 1984, Costa Rica and El Salvador were the only two countries that recognized Israel and also maintained an embassy in Jerusalem.<ref>{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Edward |date=16 June 1984 |title=Israel's Diplomacy Makes Central America a Market for Its Arms: Israel Repays Allies With Military Sales |page=A17 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/138234689/ |url-access=registration}}</ref> In 2006, the Embassy of Costa Rica relocated to Tel Aviv;<ref>{{cite news |date=24 August 2006 |title=Costa Rican embassy moves to Tel Aviv |page=21 |work=Jewish News |location=[[Whippany, New Jersey]], United States |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/364906445/ |url-access=registration}}</ref> [[Costa Rican President]] [[Óscar Arias]] said the decision was intended to "rectify a historic error".<ref>{{cite news |title=A capital sans embassies |page=6 |work=Jewish Chronicle |location=[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], United States, 31 August 2006 |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/195071365/ |url-access=registration}}</ref>

In December 2011, Rodrigo Carreras became the Costa Rican ambassador to Israel for the second time, after his posting there in the 1980s. Carreras' father, Benjamin Nunez, also served as the Costa Rican ambassador to Israel.<ref>"[http://www.costaricanewssite.com/peres-israel-has-great-respect-for-egyptian-president Peres: Israel has fantastic respect for Egyptian president] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102125402/http://www.costaricanewssite.com/peres-israel-has-great-respect-for-egyptian-president/ |date=2016-01-02 }}". ''Costa Rica News''. 2010.</ref>
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Tel Aviv]].
* Israel has an embassy in San José. 
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|{{flag|Italy}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Italy relations]]

* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Rome]].
* Italy has an embassy in San José.
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|{{flag|Kosovo}}||23 September 2013||
Costa Rica officially recognised the independence of the Republic of Kosovo on 17 February 2008.<ref>[http://www.rree.go.cr/ministerio/files/CostaRicaKosovo.doc Costa Rica se pronuncia por la independencia de Kósovo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226224510/http://www.rree.go.cr/ministerio/files/CostaRicaKosovo.doc |date=26 February 2008 }}, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, 17 February 2008 (in Spanish)</ref> Costa Rica and Kosovo established diplomatic relations on 23 September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa-ks.net/?page=1,4,1879|title=Ballina - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Republic of Kosovo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rree.go.cr/?sec=servicios%20al%20publico&cat=servicios%20de%20informacion&cont=593&noticia=1510|title = Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Mexico}}||<!--Date started-->1838||See [[Costa Rica–Mexico relations]]

Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Costa Rica began in 1838.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.embajada.decostaricaenmexico.org/ |title=Embassy of Costa Rica in Mexico City (in Spanish) |access-date=6 March 2021 |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122075408/http://www.embajada.decostaricaenmexico.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Mexico has an embassy in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].<ref>[https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/costarica/ Embassy of Mexico in San José (in Spanish)]</ref>
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|{{flag|Russia}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Russia relations]]

Holders of a [[Russian passport]] need a [[Visa (document)|visa]] authorized by Costa Rica, or alternatively Costa Rican authorities will accept Russian nationals with a visa stamp for the European Union, Canada, US, South Korea, or Japan valid for 90 days after arrival; with a [[Visa (document)#Types|tourist visa]], Russians can stay in Costa Rica for a maximum of 90 days.<ref>{{Timatic|nationality=ru|destination=cr}}</ref> In order to get a tourist visa, the person needs to apply for it in the closest Costa Rican embassy to where the person is living.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}} They must have a [[Passport|valid passport]] and either have an [[invitation letter]] or a [[bank statement]] with enough money to survive the length of the stay in Costa Rica, plus proof of onward travel (ticket to exit Costa Rica & legal ability to travel to the destination stated on the ticket). Holders of a [[Costa rican passport|Costa Rican passport]] also need a visa from Russian authorities.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Moscow]].
* Russia has an embassy in San José.
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|{{flag|Serbia}}||<!--Date started-->1952<ref name="mofa.go.kr">{{cite web| url = http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24571.jsp?menu=m_30_30| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140122012041/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/latinamerica/countries/20070803/1_24571.jsp?menu=m_30_30| archive-date = 22 January 2014| title = Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea}}</ref>||
*Both countries have established diplomatic relations in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12260-costa-rica |title=Costa Rica |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704080256/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-issues/96-bilateral-issues/12260-costa-rica |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
*A number of bilateral agreements have been concluded and are in force between both countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/COSTA%20RICA.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-date=1 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101003300/http://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/images/stories/bilaterala_ugovori/COSTA%20RICA.doc |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Korea}}||<!--Date started-->15 August 1962<ref name="mofa.go.kr"/>||

The establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Costa Rica began on 15 August 1962.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Seoul]].{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
* South Korea has an embassy in San José.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cri.mofa.go.kr/worldlanguage/america/cri/main/index.jsp|title = 주 코스타리카공화국 대한민국 대사관}}</ref> 
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|{{flag|Spain}}||<!--Date started-->1850||See [[Costa Rica–Spain relations]]

* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Madrid]].<ref>[http://www.embajadacostarica.es/ Embassy of Costa Rica in Spain]</ref>
* Spain has an embassy in San José.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/SanJosedeCostaRica/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx |title=Embassy of Spain in Costa Rica |access-date=28 November 2014 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309170335/http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Embajadas/SanJosedeCostaRica/es/Paginas/inicio.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|{{flag|Turkey}}||<!--Date started-->15 January 1898<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/ii_bilateral-relations--_main--documents_.en.mfa| title= II.Bilateral Relations (Main Documents)|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey}}</ref>||See [[Costa Rica–Turkey relations]]
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Ankara]].<ref name="mfa.gov.tr">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/relations-between-turkey-and-costa-rica.en.mfa| title= Relations between Turkey and Costa Rica}}</ref>
*Turkey has an embassy in [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]].<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
*Trade volume between the two countries was US$100 million in 2019 (Costa Rican exports/imports: 41.8/58.9 million USD).<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>
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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}|| 1848 ||See [[Costa Rica–United Kingdom relations]]
Costa Rica established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] on 28 February 1848.<ref name="britain"/>
*Costa Rica maintains an [[Embassy of Costa Rica, London|embassy]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|author=Diplomat Magazine|title=Costa Rica|url=https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/north-america/costa-rica/|date=1 February 2014|website=Diplomat Magazine|access-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429171411/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/north-america/costa-rica/|archive-date=29 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The United Kingdom is accredited to Costa Rica from its embassy in San José.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-in-costa-rica|title=British Embassy San Jose|website=[[gov.uk|GOV.UK]]|access-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424100153/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-in-costa-rica|archive-date=24 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic co-operation pact,<ref>{{cite news|last=Politi|first=James|date=19 September 2023|title=US unveils Atlantic co-operation pact|website=[[Financial Times]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/56706df4-f39b-4ab5-8acf-b252176d172d|access-date=19 January 2024|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119085952/https://www.ft.com/content/56706df4-f39b-4ab5-8acf-b252176d172d|archive-date=19 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[International Criminal Court]], the [[OECD]], and the [[World Trade Organization]], as well as the [[Free trade agreements of the United Kingdom|Central America–UK Association Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web|author=
[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign & Commonwealth Office]]|title=UK and Central America sign continuity agreement|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-central-america-sign-continuity-agreement|date=18 July 2019|website=GOV.UK|access-date=24 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718222318/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-central-america-sign-continuity-agreement|archive-date=18 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment Agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/1056/costa-rica---united-kingdom-bit-1982-|title=Costa Rica - United Kingdom BIT (1982)|website=[[UN Trade and Development]]|access-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501192805/https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/treaties/bit/1056/costa-rica---united-kingdom-bit-1982-|archive-date=1 May 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{flag|United States}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–United States relations]]

The United States is Costa Rica's most important trading partner. The U.S. accounts for almost half of Costa Rica's exports, imports, and tourism, and more than two-thirds of its foreign investment. The two countries share growing [[Environmental protection|concerns for the environment]] and want to preserve Costa Rica's important tropical resources and prevent environmental degradation. In 2007, the United States reduced Costa Rica's debt in exchange for protection and conservation of Costa Rican forests through a debt for nature swap under the auspices of the Tropical Forest Conservation Act. This is the largest such agreement of its kind to date.
* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Washington, D.C.]] and consulates-general in [[Atlanta]], [[Chicago]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]], [[Miami]], [[New York City|New York]] and [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]].<ref>[http://www.costarica-embassy.org Embassy of Costa Rica in Washington, DC (in English and Spanish)]</ref>
* United States has an embassy in San José.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://costarica.usembassy.gov/ |title=Embassy of the United States in San José (in English and Spanish) |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127062542/http://costarica.usembassy.gov/ |archive-date=27 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{StateDept |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2019.htm}}
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|{{flag|Uruguay}}||<!--Date started-->||See [[Costa Rica–Uruguay relations]]

* Costa Rica has an embassy in [[Montevideo]].
* Uruguay has an embassy in San José.
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|{{Flag|Zambia}}
|28 May 2014
|Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 May 2014 when first Ambassador of Zambia to Costa Rica (resident in Washington) Mr. Palan Mulonda presented his credentials to President Luis Guillermo Solís.<ref name="nacion.com"/>
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