According to Noboa, he previously did not know about Washington’s plans regarding the future fate of the old Soviet equipment from Ecuador.

“To our surprise, the United States has publicly indicated that these weapons will be used in an armed conflict in Ukraine, and we do not want to be a part of that,” the president said.

Earlier it was reported that the Ecuadorian authorities are canceling their decision to supply Russian equipment to the United States.

The Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation emphasized that the transfer of military equipment to a third party could negatively affect Russian-Ecuadorian relations.