Lopez Obrador will defend Mexico's position at the CELAC meeting

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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed that he will defend his country's position against Ecuador when he participates in an extraordinary meeting with his counterparts from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). He also confirmed that he would address in the virtual meeting on Tuesday the complaint filed before the International Court of Justice requesting that the South American country be suspended from the United Nations until it formally apologizes for the raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito.

He pointed out that the lawsuit is a priority for his government because it involves a violation of our sovereignty and international law.

The president also ruled out at the present time accepting the proposal of Ecuadorian Governor Daniel Noboa to talk about the issue.

Honduras will today lead a videoconference CELAC meeting in order to analyze the diplomatic crisis that arose between the two countries after the Ecuadorian police forcefully entered the Mexican embassy on the 5th of this month to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had previously requested political asylum to the López Obrador government.

The bloc analyzed the situation first at a meeting of the Troika (Honduras, Colombia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) and then at an extraordinary meeting at the level of foreign ministers, who reiterated their individual condemnations of the violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomacy. Relations and asylum criteria in the Caracas Convention.

Glass has an arrest warrant in his country on charges of embezzling funds for the reconstruction of two provinces damaged by the earthquake.

Aside from the international disapproval of the event, Mexico and Nicaragua also severed relations with Ecuador, a lawsuit was filed before the International Court of Justice against Quito and Colombia promised to take action until the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issues precautionary measures in favor of Glass.

Other organizations in the region have also called for emergency meetings, with this issue on the agenda and its consequences for Ecuador, which may face sanctions. (Text and photo: PL)

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