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2/22/2024

READOUT: Assistant Secretary for International Finance Brent Neiman’s Travel to Ecuador | U.S. Department of the Tre…

READOUT: Assistant Secretary for International Finance Brent
Neiman’s Travel to Ecuador
February 22, 2024

QUITO – On February 21, Assistant Secretary Brent Neiman visited Quito and met with senior
members of President Noboaʼs administration, including Presidential Chief of Sta Arturo
Felix Wong, Finance Minister Juan Carlos Vega, Monetary Policy and Regulation Board
President Tatiana Rodriguez, and Central Bank General Manager Guillermo Avellán.
Assistant Secretary Neiman expressed Treasuryʼs support for the Ecuadorian people in light of
recent security challenges. He welcomed e orts by the authorities to restore fiscal stability
and encouraged them to continue to engage productively with international financial
institutions to potentially secure new financing. Assistant Secretary Neiman also highlighted
the important e orts of Treasuryʼs O ice of Technical Assistance, which has advisors working
with Ecuadorian o icials and regulators across topics including government finance, banking
and financial services, payment systems, and economic crimes.
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