India Opens Embassy in Quito as It Signs Diplomatic Training Pact With Ecuador
The step signals a push for South–South cooperation focused on training, technology, and trade.
Overview
- India and Ecuador signed an MoU linking their diplomatic training institutions during Pabitra Margherita’s meeting with Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld.
- Pabitra Margherita and Gabriela Sommerfeld jointly inaugurated India’s resident embassy in Quito, boosting on-the-ground diplomatic and consular presence.
- Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa met Margherita in Quito to discuss strengthening and diversifying bilateral cooperation after receiving greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Talks with ministers and officials targeted expanded collaboration in trade, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, education, culture, tourism, textiles, health, and training.
- Margherita engaged Ecuador’s business community and paid respects at the Monument of the Heroes of August, reflecting a broader Global South outreach strategy.