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The Secretary of State of the United States, Mike Pompeo, acknowledged at a meeting with the Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Valencia, the "important support" of Ecuador to seek a "democratic solution" to the crises in Venezuela and Nicaragua, informed American diplomacy today.
Pompeo met Monday in Washington, DC, and the Ecuadorian Minister of Economy and Finance, Richard Martinez, said today in a statement that the State Department spokesman, Heather Nauert.
At this meeting, the head of the American diplomacy "acknowledged the important support of Ecuador to Venezuelan refugees and migrants, and welcomes Ecuadorian cooperation for a democratic solution to the crises in Venezuela and Nicaragua. "
Since the coming to power of the Ecuadorian President, Lenin Moreno, in 2017, Ecuador he has moved away from the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of our America (ALBA), promoted by Caracas; and supported initiatives to condemn the crises in Venezuela and Nicaragua in several international organizations, including the Organization of American States (OAS).
At the OAS, Ecuador is one of the 12 countries that are part of the working group on Nicaragua, which aims to contribute to the search for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Central America since April 18 began to protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
On the other hand, according to official figures released in August, Ecuador received 640,000 Venezuelans in 2018, but only 18% remained in the country, most preferring to reach Peru and Chile.
Beyond the resolution of the crisis in the region, Pompeo, Martinez and Valencia took advantage of the meeting to reaffirm "their commitment to expand bilateral cooperation in a series of political and economic issues," said the spokeswoman Department of State.
More specifically, the three countries celebrated the revival of the Council for Trade and Investment (ICT) between the United States. and Ecuador, whose second meeting took place this month in Washington.
This commercial approach, which should lead to a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, was reactivated with the arrival of Moreno, who seeks to "open Ecuador to the world "and replaced Rafael Correa in 2017.
Precisely, ICT meetings were suspended nine years ago because of the distance between Washington and Correa, more closely identified with the Bolivarian countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. EFE
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