Costa Rica and Panama will hold their first binational meeting in David, Panama, at the end of this month, and Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno and Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis plan to attend.

Stagno said the meeting will allow for an examination of “the rich and intense agenda” between the countries, which “share the history of being two neighboring countries without militaries along one of the most peaceful borders in the region.”

The meeting is planned for July 26-27, and at the end of the encounter the ministers will sign an official act on agreements reached, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.

Topics they plan to discuss include political affairs, cooperation, environment, tourism, border relations, infrastructure, customs, security, indigenous populations and investment.

Costa Rica is also part of a binational commission with its northern neighbor, Nicaragua, and the last meeting of this commission was held in San José in October 2006.