2024/4/7 05:19 (updated at 4/7 12:07)
Ecuadorian security forces prepared to transfer former Vice President Glass in the capital Quito on the 6th. (Reuters)
(Central News Agency, Quito, comprehensive foreign news report on the 6th) The Nicaraguan authorities announced today that they will cut off “all diplomatic relations” with Ecuador. Earlier, Ecuadorian police broke into the Mexican Embassy in the capital Quito and arrested the wanted former Vice President of Ecuador Glas who was hiding in the embassy.
Agence France-Presse reported that the government of Nigerian President Daniel Ortega announced in a statement that Nigeria had decided to “make the decision to sever all ties with the Ecuadorian government” after Quito took “unusual and reprehensible actions.” Sovereign decision on foreign relations”.
Jorge Glas, who served as deputy to Ecuador’s leftist former president Rafael Correa from 2013 to 2017, is now accused of corruption and wanted by the authorities. He has been hiding in the Mexican embassy since December last year. The government of current Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa called the move an “illegal act”; the Mexican government said it agreed to provide Guerras with political asylum after a “thorough analysis” of the situation.
Last night, Ecuadorian police broke into the Mexican Embassy and arrested Glass. This incident prompted Mexico to quickly sever diplomatic relations with Quito, citing “a blatant violation of international law and Mexican sovereignty.” Nicaragua also immediately announced that it was severing diplomatic relations with Ecuador.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also condemned Quito “in the strongest terms” and expressed “my full solidarity” with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Several other countries in the region, including Venezuela, Cuba, Chile and Bolivia, also slammed Ecuador’s move.
Honduras called on the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States to convene an urgent meeting on the matter. (Translator: Shi Shi) 1130407
Central News Agency “First-hand News” app
The text, pictures and videos on this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
