In a tweet, Jaishankar wrote: “A warm greeting to Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín, the government and other people of Ecuador in the framework of its Independence Day. “
India and Ecuador established diplomatic relations in 1969. La Indian Embassy in Bogota is accredited to Ecuador. First, Ecuador opened its embassy in New Delhi in 1973, which operated until 1977.
The Ecuadorian Embassy reopened in February 2005 and a Consulate General was established in Mumbai in 2013. In April 2018, the then Minister of Foreign Affairs met in Baku, on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, María Fernanda Espinosa. Ministerial Conference.
In September 2018, the then Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, José Samuel Valencia Amores, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. On October 12, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador and then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Gallegos, held a telephone conversation. Cooperation in the fields of health, business, progression associations and consular issues was discussed.
India and Ecuador signed a Memorandum of Understanding for consultations on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2000. So far, 4 rounds of consultations on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been held between the two countries in 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014 (in Delhi).
Several agreements/memoranda (MOU) have been signed between India and Ecuador for cooperation in the fields of defence, economic and industrial ties, technical cooperation and culture.
Ecuador appreciated India’s role in UN and UN reforms, adding UN Security Council reforms. Ecuador expressed its support for the continuation of India’s club in the UN Security Council.
At the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ecuador supported India’s safeguards agreement in August 2008. Ecuador belongs to the G20 organization with India in the WTO. Ecuador had supported India’s candidacies to multilateral organizations. (ANI)