Ecuador, Chile
To Boost Bilateral
Cooperation
Quito - Ecuador and Chile
have agreed to expand cooperation from
politics to the economy and commerce through
their second foreign ministerial meeting
that began Monday in Quito.
An official statement from the meeting said
the two countries expected the meeting to
strengthen bilateral ties, which in turn
would make political dialogue more viable
and allow integration in commerce and
culture.
On the agenda of the Quito ministerial
meeting was evaluation of existing bipartite
accords concerning companies and trade.
The meeting, chaired by Ecuadorian Foreign
Minister Fander Falconi and joined by
Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez,
will also assess Jose Miguel Insulza's
candidacy for secretary-general of the
Organization of American States.
The two countries are also expected to
discuss the June coup in Honduras, which
ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
"We seek to improve our cooperation so as to
continue progress," said Fernandez who is
scheduled to meet Ecuadorian President
Rafael Correa after the meeting.
Ecuador and Chile held their first foreign
ministerial meeting on May 10, 2007, in the
Chilean capital of Santiago.
In 2008, Ecuadorian exports to Chile
increased to 1.5 billion U.S. dollars while
Chile exported 583 million dollars worth of
goods and services to Ecuador. |
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