Costa Rica will open a trade and innovation office in Jerusalem in the first quarter of 2026, signaling strengthening bilateral ties, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Saturday night.

The office will carry diplomatic status.

The announcement was made in the wake of a meeting in Jerusalem between Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade Manuel Tovar Rivera, and follows similar moves by other countries that do not maintain their embassy in the capital.