By Deutsche Welle
07 Apr 2024, 15:34 PM EDT
The European Union (EU) condemned this Sunday the “rape” of the headquarters of the Mexican embassy in Quito during the assault carried out on Friday by the Ecuadorian police to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas, and stressed “the importance of respecting” the Vienna Convention, which regulates diplomatic relations between States.
“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.
The EU affirmed 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”.
Different countries showed their rejection
Mexico immediately broke diplomatic relations with Ecuador, and Nicaragua did the same this Saturday, after the Ecuadorian police assaulted its embassy, with the aim of arresting former Ecuadorian president Jorge Glas, who was receiving political asylum there.
The Mexican Government described the assault as a violation of its sovereignty and international law, and was also condemned this Saturday by the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, and the United States Department of State, as well as Latin American governments of both left and right.
The Governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela did so.