President Luis Alberto Monge Alvarez of Costa Rica will visit Israel shortly, it was announced here today. He will arrive after the new Costa Rican Ambassador to Israel presents his credentials.
Costa Rica and El Salvador announced recently that they would transfer their embassies from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. As a result, Egypt announced last week that it would sever diplomatic ties with both Central American countries.
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