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2/24/25, 9:48 AM UAE, Costa Rica promote trade, investment opportunities
The event, organised by Dubai Chambers in collaboration with the Dubai-Costa

Rica Business Council and the Costa Rican Foreign Trade and Investment Agency

(PROCOMER), brought together senior government officials, business leaders and

trade representatives from both nations.

It served as a platform to explore the benefits of the CEPA, which was signed in

2024 as part of the UAE's broader foreign trade strategy to deepen economic

engagement with key global partners.

The forum was attended by Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for

Foreign Trade, and Manuel Tovar Rivera, Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica,
alongside key stakeholders from the public and private sectors of both countries.

Other notable speakers included Francisco Chacon, Ambassador of Costa Rica to

the UAE; Essa Abdulla Al Ghurair, Chairman of Essa Al Ghurair Investment;

William Reuben-Soto, President of the Dubai-Costa Rica Business Council; Mrs.

Laura Lopez Salazar, CEO of PROCOMER; and Mr. Julian Aguilar, Coordinator

for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica.

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