Uruguay expresses its “deep regret” over the events between Ecuador and Mexico

The government of Uruguay This Saturday he expressed his “deep regret” for the events that occurred at the Embassy of Mexico in Ecuador where Ecuadorian police forces invaded the North American country’s diplomatic headquarters to arrest the former vice president George glass.

“Uruguay deeply regrets the events that occurred in the last hours in Ecuador that affected relations between two sister nations, as well as respect for the fundamental norms of the international right and for peaceful coexistence between Latin American nations”, expresses a declaration of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay.

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The document adds that on March 28th, when the 70th Anniversary of Caracas Convention about Diplomatic Asylum, Uruguay highlighted the importance of this legal institute with a long tradition in Latin America and encouraged States to reaffirm and respect it.

He also highlighted that the aforementioned conventional source is “firmly linked to other fundamental instruments of international law to regulate relations between States, such as Vienna Convention 1961″, which enshrine the inviolability of diplomatic missions.

“This has been fundamental to ensuring peaceful coexistence between nations, so its ignorance is absolutely unacceptable“, details the statement.

On the other hand, Uruguay highlights that “it is important to respect” the Caracas Convention which applies both to territorial state as for him insulatorwhich must especially take into account in which cases it would not be appropriate to grant diplomatic asylum, including people prosecuted for common crimes.

“The Government of Eastern Republic of Uruguay hopefully soon, both Mexico as Ecuadorsister nations, can embark on the path that will lead them to the reestablishment of their diplomatic relations”, concludes the statement.

The Police of Ecuador invaded the embassy headquarters on Friday Mexico in Quito and stopped glassformer vice president during the presidential term of Rafael Corrêa (2007-2017), on the same day that the Aztec Government granted him the political asylum.

glass entered the Embassy last December and shortly after he applied for asylum.

The politician is sued for alleged embezzlement of funds in the so-called case’Reconstruction‘from the province of Manabiafter the 2016 earthquake.

Source: Elcomercio

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