Former foreign ministers and Mexican politicians support the severing of diplomatic relations with Ecuador

Former Foreign Ministers, politicians and presidential candidates supported the Government’s decision to Mexico break off relations with Ecuadoragreeing that international law and Mexican sovereignty were transgressed in the capture of the former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas.

The statements of the former employees and Mexican politicians happen after the mexican chancellor will announce the immediate severance of diplomatic relations with Ecuador.

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This, after police invaded the Mexican Embassy in Quitocapital of Ecuador, to arrest the vice president Jorge Glasto whom the Mexican Government granted asylum this Friday, after their entry last December.

In this context, the former chancellor Marcelo Ebrard (2018-2023) published in X that the entry of Ecuadorian police officers into Mexican Embassy in Quito is unprecedented and supported the president’s decision Andrés Manuel López Obrador suspend diplomatic relations with the Ecuadorian government.

“The action of the Government of Ecuador to enter by force the Mexican Embassy In that country, the detention of an asylum seeker and the violation of national sovereignty are unprecedented. I support the president’s decision López Obrador suspend relationships”, he commented.

Former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2015-2017) Claudia Ruiz Massieu indicated through the same social network that the entry of the police or any other force into the embassy of any country is a “serious violation of diplomatic law”.

He considered that because of this act, the international community should condemn in the strongest terms the invasion of the Mexican embassy.

The president of the Mexican Senate, Ana Lília Riveraalso condemned the Ecuadorian police invasion of the Mexican embassy and considered it an act of violation of the Vienna Convention and the country’s sovereignty.

“We demand respect for our sovereignty and the integrity of our embassy and diplomatic staff.”“, explained in X.

Likewise, he requested the Government of Ecuador to reconsider its actions and resume diplomatic channels to resolve any dispute.

The opposition presidential candidate, Xochitl Gálvezalso spoke out against the capture of the former Ecuadorian vice president in Mexican Embassy in Quito.

“About what happened in the Mexican Embassy in Ecuador“You may or may not agree with the administration of justice in other countries, but the diplomatic headquarters of any foreign nation are inviolable.”He explained.

However, the candidate of the ruling party in Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumindicated that the break-in at the Mexican embassy is also “an affront to diplomacy and international law that is unacceptable”.

“I express all my solidarity and support for the president López Obrador in defense of our sovereignty”he added.

In her message, the chancellor Alicia Bárcena He warned that Mexican diplomatic personnel would immediately leave Ecuador and hoped that the necessary guarantees would be offered by that country’s authorities.

Furthermore, he anticipated that Mexico will resort to International Court of Justice report responsibility Ecuador for violations of International Law.

On Friday night, members of the Ecuador Police They entered the consular complex to seize glasswhere the police could be seen climbing the walls and fences of the diplomatic headquarters and then leaving that residence, which was heavily guarded by the military from the beginning, at a time of tension between the two governments.

Source: Elcomercio

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