On 20 November 2013, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-chaired with Foreign Minister of Ecuador Ricardo Patino, who came to China for an official visit, the 7th round of Political Consultations between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries.
Wang Yi expressed that in recent years, China-Ecuador relations have enjoyed comprehensive, sustained and rapid development with unceasingly deepened political mutual trust and active mutually beneficial cooperation in all fields. China has full confidence in further deepening mutually beneficial cooperation and friendly relations between China and Ecuador. China is ready to work with Latin American and Caribbean countries including Ecuador to unceasingly promote China-Latin America comprehensive cooperative partnership.
Patino expressed that the sound development of Ecuador-China relations is mainly attributed to the fact that both sides always respect each other's sovereignty, treat each other as equals and are highly complementary in economy and trade. Ecuador-China cooperation has become an example for South-South cooperation. Ecuador is ready to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China so as to push for new leaps of bilateral relations. Ecuador is ready to play an active role to boost Latin America-China overall cooperation.
Both sides as well exchanged views on international and regional issues of mutual interest.