Ecuador will shut US base, expand Iran ties
Thu, 28 May 2009 18:35:54 GMT
Ecuador’s Defense Minister Javier Ponce Cevallos
Ecuadorian Defense Minister Javier Ponce Cevallos says his country is going beyond the Cold War rules and seeking defense ties with Iran.
In a snub to US complaints, Ponce said, “we have our own policies, our own geostrategic positions, and what interests us, with Iran for instance, is boosting information technology and our national defense strategies,” he told a radio channel in Ecuador.
