RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On ratification of the Treaty of the Framework between Russian Federation and the Republic of Ecuador, adopted by the State Duma on 9 October 1998 The Council of the Federation, on 14 October 1998 , to ratify the Treaty on the Basis of the Relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Ecuador, signed in New York on 25 September 1997. President of the Russian Federation B. Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 23 October 1998 N 161-FZ