China-Costa Rica bond gets boost from new deals

Xi proposes a four-year cooperation plan as relations are upgraded to strategic partnership

The young ties between China and Costa Rica were strengthened on Tuesday as the two countries sealed three agreements in Beijing.

The agreements, signed after talks between President Xi Jinping and Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis, dealt with economic and technological cooperation, food inspection and quarantine and the creation of a joint special economic zone.