Nicaragua has severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador after police in Quito stormed the Mexican embassy
Nicaragua has formally severed all relations with Ecuador, escalating the diplomatic fallout over a police raid in Quito to arrest a politician who was taking refuge on the Mexican embassy.
The Nicaraguan authorities introduced its resolution on Saturday, declaring its “forceful, emphatic and irrevocable rejection” of the storming of Mexico’s diplomatic outpost in Quito. The assault ended a months-long standoff over the Mexican embassy’s sheltering of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who’s dealing with corruption fees.
“Given the bizarre and reprehensible motion in Quito by forces which are supposed to guard the order and security of Ecuadorian residents and their lives … we declare our sovereign resolution to sever all diplomatic relations with the federal government of Ecuador,” Nicaraguan authorities mentioned in a press release. They added that Nicaragua’s authorities condemns “the neo-fascist political barbarism of the federal government of Ecuador, whose admirable folks deserve, as all the time, all our love, help and solidarity.”
The assertion additionally reaffirmed Nicaragua’s “dedication to worldwide regulation and conventions that govern civilized relations between international locations and governments around the globe.”
The rebuke from Managua got here hours after Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with Ecuador over Friday’s raid. Governments throughout South America – together with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Honduras – denounced the incident.
The Group of American States issued a press release saying that Ecuador had breached the “inviolability” of one other authorities’s diplomatic property. The regional group known as for talks between the Ecuadorian and Mexican governments to resolve their variations.
Mexico had granted political asylum to Glas and refused Ecuador’s request for permission to arrest him. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mentioned Glas was dealing with “persecution and harassment,” and the police raid was “a flagrant violation of worldwide regulation and the sovereignty of Mexico.” The Ecuadorian authorities claimed that the arrest was carried out to defend Quito’s sovereignty and that Mexico had abused the “immunities and privileges granted to its diplomatic mission.”
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