Nicaragua severs ties with Ecuador, Venezuela considers the act as barbaric
It happened after Ecuador had raided the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest its former Vice President Jorge Glas who was taking shelter there.
Nicaragua has decided to sever diplomatic relations with Ecuador after that country’s police raided the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas who was taking shelter there.
“Given the reprehensible acts committed in Quito by forces that are supposed to protect the order and safety of Ecuadorian citizens and their lives, <…> we declare our sovereign decision to sever all diplomatic relations with the Government of Ecuador, while at the same time we reiterate our <… > respect to the beloved Ecuadorian people who are living in times of unthinkable cruelty, and reaffirm our commitment to international law and conventions that govern civilized relations between countries and governments around the world,” the Central American nation’s government said in a statement.
Nicaragua also expressed solidarity with Mexico and offered support in defending its interests.
The Venezuelan leadership called the storming of the Mexican embassy in Quito by Ecuadorian police to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was hiding there, a barbaric act.
“I have spoken on the phone with the Mexican Foreign Secretary Alicia Barcena and conveyed the absolute solidarity of the president [of Venezuela] Nicol·s Maduro to the president [of Mexico] Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the face of this barbaric act that violates all the principles of international law,” Foreign Minister of Venezuela Yvan Gil Pinto wrote on his page on the social network X.
Honduran President Xiomara Castro also declared solidarity with Mexico. “The assault on the Mexican Embassy by the Government of Ecuador, with the aim of kidnapping former Vice President Jorge Glas, constitutes an intolerable act for the international community, given that it ignores the historical and fundamental right to asylum.
We strongly reject this violation of the sovereignty of the Mexican State and international law. We stand in solidarity with the Mexican people and their president,” she wrote on her page on the social network X.
On Friday night local time, the Ecuadorian police arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas, who sought asylum in Mexico, after storming the country’s embassy in Quito. Mexican diplomats were injured and the countries severed relations. The Mexican authorities announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Ecuador.
