Official talks between Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias and the the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, of Qatar, resulted in the signing of an economic agreement between the two countries, including a Tourism Cooperation Agreement.
 
 

Other agreements signed by officials of both countries were a Technical and Scientific Cooperation Agreement and an Agreement on encouragement and reciprocal protection of investments as well as a memorandum of understanding on bilateral political consultations between the two Foreign Affairs Ministries.
 
The Emir travelled to Costa Rica, staying at the Four Seasons hotel in the Gulf Papagayo, where Arias, foreign minister Bruno Stagno, Allan Flores the minister of Tourism and other Costa Rican officials met with him.