| Ecuador’s diplomatic relations |
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| World Affairs Talk | |
| Monday, 25 June 2007 | |
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Ecuador's principal foreign-policy objectives have included defense of the national territory from external aggression and internal subversion; support for the objectives of the United Nations and the Organization of American States; and defense of its claim to 200 miles of territorial and fisheries jurisdictions off its coast; and revision of the 1942 Protocol of Peace, Friendship, and Boundaries which ended, at least officially, open warfare between Peru and Ecuador over a territorial dispute. Ecuador and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations in 1969, but it was not until 1972, when Ecuador joined OPEC, that the Soviets showed much interest in Ecuador. By the mid-1970s, the Soviet Union maintained an embassy in Quito rivaling in importance that of the United States. Ecuador's membership in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the 1970s and 1980s allowed some Ecuadorian leaders to exercise somewhat greater foreign policy autonomy. Ecuador recently established diplomatic relations with Botswana on the ‘ambassor’ level. Both sides signed a communique noting that the formal relations between the two countries will promote their ‘mutual understanding and strengthen the friendship and cooperation between their people’. Share & Bookmark             |
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