The Diplomat
The president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has decided to suspend the trip he had planned to take next week to Spain, due to the situation in the country, in which he declared the situation of “internal armed conflict” to combat the mafias of the organized crime.
Noboa already had to suspend his presence at the Davos World Forum, which is being held these days in the Swiss city, and given the persistence of the crisis in the country, he has also been forced to give up traveling to Madrid.
Daniel Noboa was already in Spain at the end of October and beginning of last November, still as president-elect, so this was going to be his first trip to our country, as president in office, coinciding with the celebration in Madrid of the International Fair of Tourism (Fitur), in which this year Ecuador is the guest country.
In addition to participating in Fitur, which begins on Wednesday, the 24th, Noboa was going to be received by His Majesty the King, with whom he already had lunch on November 3 and who was present at his inauguration in Quito a couple of years ago. months. Likewise, a meeting was scheduled with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, at the Moncloa Palace.
Within the agenda of the Ecuadorian president, in addition to the visit to Fitur, was participating in a Spain-Ecuador Business Meeting, organized by the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), the Secretary of State for Commerce, through ICEX Spain Export and Investment, and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the Embassy of Ecuador in Spain.
The meeting will be held on Thursday, the 25th, and instead of Noboa, the Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries, Sonsoles García, and the Minister of Tourism, Niels Olsen, will intervene, who will try to convince Spanish businessmen that Despite the circumstances, there are investment opportunities in the country’s strategic commercial sectors, such as infrastructure, energy, tourism and services.
