Costa Rican President Laura Fern\u00e1ndez Delgado told Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday that she wants to upgrade Costa Rica\u2019s diplomatic mission in Jerusalem into an embassy, according to Herzog\u2019s office, in a move that would reverse a 2006 decision to relocate the country\u2019s embassy in Israel to Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n
The two leaders met in San Jos\u00e9 shortly after Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s inauguration, which Herzog attended as Israel\u2019s representative. The meeting was Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s first official meeting as president, according to Herzog\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
Costa Rica had long maintained its embassy in Jerusalem before then-President \u00d3scar Arias moved it to Tel Aviv in 2006, saying at the time that the change was meant to bring Costa Rican policy in line with international practice and improve ties with Arab countries. Most countries keep their embassies in Tel Aviv because the final status of Jerusalem remains one of the core disputes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel considers Jerusalem its capital, while the Palestinians seek east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state.<\/p>\n
Fern\u00e1ndez was sworn in Friday as Costa Rica\u2019s president for the 2026-2030 term, succeeding Rodrigo Chaves. Her administration is expected to continue much of Chaves\u2019 political agenda, including a focus on security and closer ties with Washington. Herzog met Fern\u00e1ndez on the sidelines of the inauguration, along with several other regional and international leaders.<\/p>\n
Herzog\u2019s office said he also met King Felipe VI of Spain, Chilean President Jos\u00e9 Antonio Kast, Honduran President Nasry Asfura, Guatemalan President Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo, and Dominican President Rodolfo Abinader Corona.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was moved to see the depth of appreciation for Israel, the great interest in its capabilities, and the recognition of its unique contribution to humanity,\u201d Herzog said before returning to Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn contrast to many voices on the international stage, a positive trend of change, tightening of ties, and deepening of cooperation with Israel is evident in Latin America,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Herzog\u2019s office said he also attended Shabbat morning prayers at the Centro Israelita Sionista de Costa Rica in San Jos\u00e9, where he read the Haftarah and addressed the congregation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Costa Rican President Laura Fern\u00e1ndez Delgado told Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday that she wants to upgrade…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[99,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-787407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-israel","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116552533900290921","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}