Tomorrow on October 28 Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador will arrive to Moscow. The main reason of his visit is a deliberation for the supply of the Russian weapons to Ecuador. Moscow expects that in turn they will get the recognition of independence of Abkhazia and S. Ossetia.
Despite the fact that Ecuadorian president will arrive to Moscow tomorrow he will conduct deliberations with Medvediev in the day after tomorrow. This information is disseminated by the Kremlin press service, but it did not informed about the aim of this visit. It only noted that Ecuadorian president arrives to Moscow by the invitation of Dimitry Medvediev.
"We need a restoration of the strength of our army, " - Raphael Correa said. He said that this is his expectations from his Moscow's visit. He will arrive to Moscow together with Havier Ponse, Defense Minister of Ecuador.
His wishes about the restoration of the defense abilities are quite natural, as they are caused by the decision taken by his neighbor country Columbia to accept US military bases. After this event Ecuador ceased the diplomatic relations with Columbia in March of 2008.
"In turn for this Moscow expects that this country will recognize the independence of Abkhazia and S. Ossetia, " - newspaper "Vedomosti" informs based on the information source in the Russian Foreign Ministry. "Moscow was promised that the decision about the recognition of the independence of these countries will be officially given during the Moscow's visit of Ecuadorian president, "
"There was not any direct indications that Ecuador will recognize Abkhazia and S. Ossetia however we hope much that Ecuador and Bolivia will recognize these countries, " - newspaper "Vedomosti" reads about the interview with Murat Jioev, S. Ossetian Foreign Minister.