Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador

According to AFP, the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said in a statement that “a sovereign decision to cut off all diplomatic relations with the government of Ecuador” after this “unusual and reprehensible action” It was adopted.

Ecuadorian police raided the Mexican embassy on Friday evening to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, who had requested asylum from the Mexican government.

The government of Ecuador reported that Glass, who has been sentenced to prison by the judicial system of this country, was arrested. Ecuador announced that he was granted diplomatic asylum “against the conventional legal framework”.

Alicia Barcena, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, responded to this action and announced: the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (President of Mexico) immediately cut off diplomatic relations due to the flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the harm caused to Mexican diplomatic staff in Ecuador. announced with Ecuador.

Ecuador’s prosecutor’s office has accused the former vice president of embezzlement. Glass entered the Mexican Embassy in Quito as a guest in December. At that time, his legal representative said that this former official was a victim of harassment.

Tensions between the two countries started last Wednesday; When the president of Mexico commented on the assassination of Ecuador’s presidential candidate Fernando Viavicencio and compared this assassination to the recent violence in Mexico on the eve of the June elections.

In response to these comments, the government of Ecuador called the Mexican ambassador in Quito an undesirable element and ordered his expulsion.

Source: IRNA