In his first meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, Secretary General Rodolfo Sabonge and Minister Rodolfo Solano Quirós agreed that the issues of economic diversification, climate change, environmental resilience and protecting the Caribbean Sea were among the most important for the Greater Caribbean.

Minister Solano Quirós congratulated SG Sabonge on being appointed ACS Secretary General.

“Costa Rica is totally committed to supporting you during your term. It will be successful for all the countries of the region. Costa Rica is a Caribbean country and we must maintain that complete closeness the rest of the region. We must capitalise on that closeness and turn it into an effective link.”

Secretary General Sabonge said, “I want to reinforce that this is a technical organisation. We are not a political organisation and we are focused on helping to improve policies through implementing projects, programmes and offering training.”

Minister Solano Quirós introduced Costa Rica’s new Ambassador to the ACS, Georgina Guillen Grillo. The meeting covered many other issues including post-COVID recovery, transport and region-wide digitalisation.