The US took a position on Ecuador’s assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito, condemning the actions of the Ecuadorian government. Meanwhile, the OAS met in an extraordinary session, at the Ecuadorian request, to discuss the diplomatic rupture between Mexico and Ecuador.
“Any violation of the inviolability of the premises of a diplomatic mission violates the Vienna Convention and must therefore be rejected,” said the Twenty-Seven in a statement signed by the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (the EU’s diplomatic corps). , Peter Stano.
“We condemn this violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, including the use of force against Embassy officials. [mexicana]. “We have reviewed the images from the security cameras of the Mexican Embassy and we believe that these actions were wrong,” US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan announced this Tuesday at a press conference.
In this context, the US official stressed that “the Ecuadorian Government ignored its obligations under international law as a host State to respect the inviolability of diplomatic missions and endangered the foundation of basic diplomatic norms in relations.”
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For its part, the EU stated that protecting the integrity of diplomatic missions and their personnel “is essential to preserve stability and international order,” as well as fostering “cooperation and trust between nations.”
The head of European diplomacy and head of the EEAS, Josep Borrell, also condemned this Sunday on the social network of the Vienna Convention”, and asked “to respect international diplomatic law”.
The meeting was called at the request of Ecuador to discuss the “Rules of Diplomatic Relations and Asylum”; This is because the raid on the diplomatic headquarters was to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, who had been taking refuge there since last December and who Quito considers was not entitled to the diplomatic asylum granted on the same Friday by Mexico, for having been sentenced and have open processes in the South American country.
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