Minister Han Changfu met with Luis Felipe Arauz Cavallini, Minister of Agriculture and
Livestock of Costa Rica on May 8, 2014, after attending the power transfer ceremony of Costa Rican President in San José as the Special Envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two sides had sincere and friendly discussion on deepening bilateral agricultural cooperation.
Minister Han noted that in the short seven years of diplomatic ties, agricultural cooperation between China and Costa Rica grew rapidly and yielded fruitful results.
"The Chinese side is looking forward to cementing agricultural partnership with Costa Rica on the principle of mutual benefits and win-win outcomes", Minister Han said, and outlined an array of priorities for future collaboration, including broadening cooperation areas, facilitating S&T cooperation, promoting sustained trade development, and so on.
Minister Arauz spoke highly of China's achievements in agricultural development, and reaffirmed that Costa Rica attaches great importance to the exchange and cooperation with China. "We are keen to intensify our joint efforts and make further progress", Minister Arauz said.