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The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, arrived in Mexico where he is Thursday (24.11.two’22) will meet with his counterpart Andrés López Obrador, to close negotiations for a trade agreement between the two countries.
Lasso, who took office in May of 2022, will complete his second official visit to Mexico after the first in August last year and your stay will be around 550 hours since he will leave the country on Thursday afternoon.
The Ecuadorian president arrived in Mexico around 21.10 local time (02. Thursday GMT) to new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) of Mexico, inaugurated last 22 of March and one of the mega-projects promoted by López Obrador.
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Lasso kept his visit to Mexico despite the postponement of the presidential summit of the Pacific Alliance, which Lasso had planned to attend together with his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves, as the two countries that aspire to be members of this mechanism formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
The suspension of the Alliance summit of the Pacific that was scheduled for Friday in Mexico City occurred due to the refusal of the Peruvian Congress to allow the attendance of President Pedro Castillo.
Regarding the Trade Agreement with Mexico, for Ecuador it is key to close it since it is the requirement that it lacks before be able to enter the Pacific Alliance, and equally alela is also negotiating another trade agreement with Costa Rica.
The last round of negotiations between Ecuador and Mexico had been stuck since May, after Mexico was opposed to including in the treaty products such as tuna, shellfish and bananas, which are three of the main emblems of Ecuadorian exports.
However, in October, both Ecuador and Mexico agreed to “a permanent dialogue to seek the final closure of the agreement “, according to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
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