Costa Rica*
Diplomatic Missions to Montenegro and visa regimes for citizens of Montenegro
Embassy of Costa Rica in Austria
Visa regime
Citizens of Montenegro can enter, pass through and stay in Costa Rica for up to 180 days, with a valid travel document, without a visa. It is necessary to attach a return ticket with a date in those 180 days.
Diplomatic relations
The Republic of Costa Rica officially recognized Montenegro on 24 May 2007, when diplomatic relations were established.
On 26 October 2018, Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the UN in New York, Ambassador Milica Pejanović Đurišić, was given an agreement for the position of non-resident Ambassador of Montenegro to the Republic of Costa Rica, based in New York.
On May 14, 2008, Ana Teresa Dengo Benavides handed over her credentials and became the first Ambassador of the Republic of Costa Rica to Montenegro, on a non-resident basis, based in Vienna. After the expiration of her mandate, Costa Rica did not appoint a new ambassador.
Official visits
On 23 April 2004, after visiting New York and participating on the Conference on Sustainable Development of Montenegro, organized by UNDP and the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, Prime Minister Milo Đukanović visited the Republic of Costa Rica, where he met with Costa Rican President Abel Pasek de la Espriel.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Costa Rica, Bruno Stanio Ugarte, visited Montenegro on 24 May 2007 and met with Prime Minister Željko Šturanović, Parliament Speaker Ranko Krivokapić and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro Milan Roćen.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro, Milan Roćen, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Costa Rica, Bruno Stan Ugarte, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September 2007 in New York.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro, Nebojsa Kaludjerovic, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religions of the Republic of Costa Rica, Enrique Castillo Barantes, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September 2012 in New York.