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Ecuador, U.S. Begin
Dialogue To Enhance Ties
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Ecuador, U.S. Begin
Dialogue To Enhance Ties
Quito - U.S. and
Ecuadorian government
delegates began their
first official meeting
here Monday as part of a
bilateral dialogue
designed to deepen ties,
the Ecuadorian Foreign
Ministry said.
The aim of the first
official meeting is "to
set the mechanism, the
procedures and
chronograms of future
meetings," the ministry
said in a statement.
Monday's meeting is the
result of four previous
meetings between Quito
and Washington
commissioners this year.
According to the
ministry, this meeting
will allow the teams "to
set consultation
mechanisms on issues of
mutual interest, mainly
to implement measures to
promote human
development and the
reduction of poverty."
Ecuador and the United
States also seek to
increase trade and
bilateral investment, to
promote cooperation and
technical assistance on
priority areas for
Ecuador and to discuss
migratory issues.
In June, the foreign
ministry said "this
conversation process"
with the United States
aimed "to reorient a
bilateral relation where
mutual respect and the
highest national
interest comes first."
Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa has
insisted that his
government wants to
maintain friendly ties
with the United States.
He has expressed belief
that Washington's policy
toward Latin America
will change when U.S.
President-elect Barack
Obama takes office.
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