Why Ecuador’s president is in China while enhancing security links with Trump
Ecuadorian PresidentDaniel Noboaarrived in Beijing on Sunday for his first state visit to China, an eight-day trip during which he will seek to lift suspensions on 14 Ecuadorian shrimp processors and secure. . .
Ecuadorian PresidentDaniel Noboaarrived in Beijing on Sunday for his first state visit to China, an eight-day trip during which he will seek to lift suspensions on 14 Ecuadorian shrimp processors and secure fresh investment in energy and mining. Noboa will hold talks with PresidentXi Jinpingand meet separately with PremierLi QiangandZhao Leji, China’s top legislator, according to Beijing’s foreign ministry. The visit runs to August 23 before the Asian tour continues toSingaporeandVietnamuntil August 28. It is Noboa’s second trip to China since June last year, when he and Xi witnessed the signing of a cooperation plan under theBelt and Road Initiative, whichEcuadorjoined in 2018. What changes now is protocol: a state visit carries the full ceremonial apparatus, and with it the expectation of deliverables. Beijing has framed the trip around an anniversary rather than a transaction. In a written statement issued on August 14, aChinese foreign ministryspokesperson noted that this year marks a decade since China and Ecuador established their comprehensive strategic partnership, and said Beijing “hoped the visit would further consolidate political mutual trust, carry forward what the statement called a traditional friendship, and advance the partnership”. 06:27Should Chinese nationals be concerned about Ecuador’s security crisis?Those courtesies are being extended to a government that has spent the past 18 months deepening security cooperation with Washington.