Ecuador FM says difficult to restore diplomatic ties with Venezuela in short-term

Ecuador's Foreign Minister said on Wednesday it will be difficult, in the short-term, to regain the level of diplomatic relations it had with Venezuela, following the occurrences of Oct. 18. "The truth is that I don't know how this can be fixed in the future," Valencia said to local television station Teleamazonas, when asked if measures were already being taken to fix the relationship. On Oct. 19, Valencia said that relations between the two countries "were currently at a fairly low level." The diplomatic impasse between the two countries arose after Venezuelan Minister of Communication and information Jorge Rodriguez made comments about Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno, which the Ecuadorian government considered as "offensive.". More…