China expresses support for Ecuador and suspends public service at its embassy

China This Wednesday he expressed his support for the government of Ecuador faced a resurgence in drug-related violence and suspended public service at his embassy in Quito and its consulate in Guayaquil.

Both diplomatic headquarters “will temporarily suspend the attention for the public for from January 10th”said the embassy in a message published on the social network WeChat.

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“The reopening will be notified for the public opportunely”, he added without further details.

The security crisis in Ecuador It got worse for unprecedented levels since the prison escape, on Sunday, of Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, head of the The Chonerosthe main criminal gang in the country.

Since then, there have been kidnappings of police officers, police attacks, prison riots It is an armed invasion of a television broadcast after which President Daniel Noboa declared a “internal armed conflict”.

The president also ordered for The armed forces “carry out military operations (…) to neutralize” for around twenty criminal groups for those he called “terrorist organizations It is non-state actors belligerents”.

Chinese authorities “closely monitor the changing security situation” in Ecuadorsaid the Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday, Mao Ning.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs instructed for from him embassy It is consulates in Ecuador immediately activate emergency response mechanisms for consular protection” he added.

“We are currently checking the security situation of Chinese citizens and institutions in Ecuador It is issuing alerts about safety precautions for through various channels”He continued.

The Itamaraty spokesperson also highlighted that China “supports the government of Ecuador in its efforts to safeguard social stability It is do you want this Ecuador soon restore normal order.”

Located in the middle of Colombia and Peruthe world’s largest producers of cocaine, Ecuador ceased to be an island of peace for a stronghold of the war on drugs.

2023 closed with more than 7,800 homicides and 220 tons of drugs seizednew records in the country of 17 million inhabitants.

Source: Elcomercio

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