UPDATE - Turkiye, Ecuador prioritize boosting economic cooperation

UPDATES WITH TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER'S MEETING WITH YOUNG DIPLOMATS

By Ali Murat Alhas

ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye and Ecuador have signed agreements in various fields to boost bilateral ties, with economic cooperation being the top priority, the Turkish foreign minister said on Tuesday.

Mevlut Cavusoglu paid a visit to Ecuador as part of his Latin America tour after Uruguay and Brazil.

He met his Ecuadorian counterpart Juan Carlos Holguin in the capital Quito and they “discussed all aspects” of relations between the two countries, Cavusoglu said on Twitter.

The agreements were signed in the fields of culture, justice, and training of diplomats, he said.

Cavusoglu later met with young diplomats in the diplomacy academy of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, and explained Turkiye's humanitarian and enterprising foreign policy and answered their questions.