The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship in Costa Rica, Manuel A. Gonzalez Sanz, has made a visit to attend a meeting at the ministry in capital San Jose and to meet with Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Economic and Commercial Affairs, Mohammed Sharaf Al Hashemi. During the meeting, on October 3, 2017, an income tax treaty was signed between United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Costa Rica by Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Alexander Mora, and Al Hashemi for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.