Parliamentary Secretary Damoff to travel to Costa Rica

From: Global Affairs Canada

News release

July 24, 2024 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Pam Damoff, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Consular Affairs), will travel to Costa Rica from July 24 to July 26, 2024, for an official consular relations and bilateral visit.

During the trip, she will engage with government officials and regional and international partners on several shared global priorities, such as irregular migration and refugees, security, human rights, arbitrary detention in state-to-state relations and gender equality. Two of the government officials she will meet are Lydia María Peralta Cordero, Costa Rica’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Angie Cruickshank, Ombudsperson of Costa Rica.

Parliamentary Secretary Damoff will also meet with representatives of non-governmental organizations, local authorities and Canadian expatriates to discuss key initiatives in high-tourism areas of Costa Rica. These include collaboration to enhance the safety and security of Canadians when they travel or reside there, such as supporting victims of sexual and gender-based violence.

Quotes

“Canada values our strong relationship with Costa Rica. I am looking forward to a productive visit engaging with government officials and representatives of civil society organizations to discuss how we can strengthen our work together on shared priorities. Canada is dedicated to the safety of Canadians abroad and to increasing stability and prosperity in the Americas.”

- Pam Damoff, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Consular Affairs)

Quick facts

  • Canadians currently comprise the second-largest group of visitors to Costa Rica, including tourists, dual-nationality residents, retired Canadian snowbirds, digital nomads and entrepreneurs.It is anticipated that in 2024, more than 300,000 Canadians will visit Costa Rica.

  • Canada and Costa Rica established diplomatic relations in 1961. The 2 countries enjoy a multi-faceted relationship with open political dialogue and a strong and evolving trade and investment relationship.

  • Canada and Costa Rica have shared priorities and work together in multilateral forums in many areas, including human rights, democracy, the rule of law, environmental protection, gender equality, irregular migration, arbitrary detention in state-to-state relations and security.

  • Costa Rica was an early endorser of the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations. Costa Rica co-hosted the high-level dialogue on this issue together with Canada, Malawi and the United States, which was held on the margins of the UN General Assembly in September 2023.

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