2024-04-21 10:07:03
Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, announced the closure of the Embassy in Ecuador after the raid by that nation’s security forces on the Mexican legation.
The above, at the Extraordinary Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in which Maduro Moros said that “we support the dignity of Mexico” in his complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the government of Daniel Noboa .
In his speech at the Summit, the Venezuelan president announced that:
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“In the face of this aberrant act of arrogance by the government of Daniel Noboa, I announce that I have ordered that Venezuela will close our embassy in Ecuador, the Consulate in Quito and Guayaquil and that diplomatic personnel return to Venezuela immediately (…) until the international law expressly in Ecuador.”
Furthermore, Nicolás Maduro took the opportunity to complain to the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Gabriela Sommerferld, about the absence of his President at the meeting.
For his part, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) asked CELAC to support his complaint against Ecuador:
“We appreciate the solidarity of the majority of the people and governments of Latin America and the Caribbean and we also want to propose to you, if you consider it viable, feasible, that you join us by signing the complaint in the International Court of Justice.”
In his participation in the extraordinary virtual meeting of Presidents of the Community, the head of the Executive reiterated his Government’s position of seeking, with the complaint before the International Criminal Court (ICC), a precedent so that the event that he described as “shameful and violative” of international law.
For this reason, he reiterated his request that the nation governed by Daniel Noboa be expelled from the United Nations Organization (HIM) as long as he does not apologize and gives a guarantee of non-repetition of “never again doing something nasty like the one that has us gathered here.”
In addition, the ICC defines a procedure so that, if a similar situation arises in the future, the UN General Council votes – avoiding the Security Council’s veto – and:
“Resolve the matter in question in a democratic manner. If we do not do this, we will not be able to live in a world governed by rules, by laws.”
On April 5, the Ecuadorian Police stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito and arrested former Vice President Glas, accused of alleged corruption.
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The decision of the government of that nation led to the rupture – by Mexico – of diplomatic relations, in addition to the fact that several nations of the continent, including the United States and Canada, as well as member countries and the European Union, disapproved of the administration’s decision. from Noboa.
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2024-04-21 10:07:03