Costa Rican house speaker on Thursday hailed "the friendship, respect and trust" between China and Costa Rica as the two countries are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties.
"Costa Rica and China have, a decade after their first diplomatic exchanges, a common foundation for their current and future relationship, a relationship which is sustained by essential victories," Gonzalo Ramirez, president of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly, said at a commemoration meeting here.
"For China and for Costa Rica, this relationship has created a space of harmonious and respectful growth, where trust has been the essential objective to build a path of shared hopes and dreams," added Ramirez.
Costa Rica has benefited from bilateral cooperation in such areas as healthcare, environment and education, said the legislator, calling for greater commitments to deepening bilateral ties.
Chinese Ambassador to Costa Rica Tang Heng said the two peoples have written a chapter of sincere friendship, mutual support, sincere treatment and common development in the past decade.
"The strategic partnership between China and Costa Rica that features equality, mutual trust and win-win cooperation has set an example of friendly cooperation between countries of different sizes and different national conditions," Tang said.
The event, organized by the Costa Rican Association of Friendship with China, has gathered about 130 guests, including many high-level Costa Rican officials.
