US willing to work with Ecuador to deal with violence -White House

The United States is monitoring the situation in Ecuador and is willing to cooperate with the Ecuadorian government to deal with the violence, White House spokesman John Kirby said on Wednesday, but ruled out U.S. military support. "We're willing to take concrete steps to improve our cooperation with the government of Ecuador as they begin to deal with the violence," Kirby told reporters at a briefing.

"We haven't had a specific conversation about exactly what that would mean, but I would walk you away from any consideration of U.S. military troops or anything like that," Kirby said, in response to a question about specifics of U.S. assistance.