Chinese President Xi Jinping has held talks with the visiting Ecuadorian President, Lenin Moreno in Beijing. The two sides reached a consensus on multiple key issues in a meeting that Beijing described as "successful and productive". The foreign ministry said both sides were committed to deepening cooperation in areas such as infrastructure, agriculture and new energy, as well as people-to-people exchanges. The two leaders also witnessed the signing of multiple deals, including a memorandum of understanding on China's massive international development project, the Belt and Road Initiative.

ZHAO BENTANG DEP'T OF LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY "Ecuador has just become the 16th Latin American country to join the Belt and Road Initiative. Many other countries in Latin America have also reached a consensus with us and will join the initiative in the future. The Belt and Road Initiative will take China-Latin America cooperation to the next level, and helps to build a shared future for China and Latin America."