The United States and Ecuador are in the final stages of establishing an agreement that would allow the US to send asylum seekers to the country, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.

“It is not 100% finished,” the official said, adding that the so-called safe third country agreement must go through the standard operating procedures involving the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security.

The topic was discussed on Thursday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the country .

“It is very case-by-case,” the official said, adding that there are no plans to send a specific quota of asylum seekers to Ecuador. The official said this is part of the overall relationship between the two countries.

“We have a whole lot of difference pieces in our relationship, and it

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