QCOSTARICA — Though no date has been confirmed, the president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, said on Thursday that in a future visit by his colleague from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, he would be interested in talking about topics such as regional integration, security and trade.
Chaves declared to journalists this Thursday after an official event on road safety during his visit to El Salvador on June 1 for Bukele’s inauguration ceremony for his second term, he invited his counterpart to visit Costa Rica to delve deeper into issues of common interest.
“I told him that we have very important issues in common in the region: the SICA (Central American Integration System), trade, collaboration and security. “I told him to come to Costa Rica and give me the opportunity to talk for a while,” said Chaves.
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The Costa Rican president said that there is still no date for Bukele’s visit and announced that he will be received “as a head of state, with the honors that correspond to him.”
“It will be a great pleasure to talk with a fellow Central American head of state,” he said.
Bukele has until April 2027 to visit Costa Rica. On Wednesday, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, dominated by the ruling party, granted Bukele permission to leave the country between July of this year and April 2027 to carry out official trips to various countries, including Costa Rica.
According to the legislative decree, in which the dates of the trips are not specified, the Salvadoran president will also make official visits to Paraguay, Argentina, South Korea, India, Singapore and plans to participate in the 79th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
Chaves’ mandate ends on May 8, 2026.
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