QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador, the world's top banana exporter, said it will insist that the European Union stick to a deal to slash import tariffs on bananas despite the collapse of world trade talks on Tuesday.

Deputy Trade Minister Eduardo Egas told Reuters that Ecuador rejects an EU decision to call off the deal because of the failure of wider trade talks, and would continue legal action against the bloc if there was no agreement to end the long-standing dispute.

(Reporting by Alexandra Valencia; writing by Alonso Soto; Editing by Kieran Murray)