Ecuador’s minister of foreign affairs and human mobility says the country needs to maintain balanced support for development from the United States and China.
Gabriela Sommerfeld spoke to NHK in Tokyo on Thursday. She is the first Cabinet minister of the new administration of President Daniel Noboa to visit Japan. Noboa won reelection earlier this year.
Sommerfeld said Ecuador needs more investments and trade, and for that purpose, the country has to keep good relations with its main markets, “which are, firstly the US, but secondly China.”
Noboa visited the US to meet President Donald Trump in March, ahead of Ecuador’s presidential runoff.
Noboa also made an official visit to China in June and held talks with President Xi Jinping.
Asked about relations with Japan, Sommerfeld referred to more than 100 years of diplomatic relations. She expressed hope to expand areas for cooperation between the two countries and to promote Ecuador for investments from Japanese companies.
AloJapan.com