Ecuador’s President Breaks Silence About Meeting With Manafort

Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said Monday that he met with President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman this year together with a group of Chinese businessmen interested in acquiring a stake in the nation's power company.

Paul Manafort walks out of the U.S. Courthouse after a bond hearing in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2017. — Paul Manafort walks out of the U.S. Courthouse after a bond hearing in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2017.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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By Associated Press

November 21, 2017 at 2:12 AM UTC

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November 21, 2017 at 2:40 AM UTC

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Quito, Ecuador (AP) -- Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said Monday that he met with President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman this year together with a group of Chinese businessmen interested in acquiring a stake in the nation's power company.

In a statement, Moreno said the meeting in Quito involved Paul Manafort and representatives of an unidentified Chinese company who proposed to privatize the state-owned National Electric Corp. He said the proposal was rejected because it would have violated Ecuador's constitution.