CARICOM Calls for Dialogue Between Mexico and Ecuador

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joined the condemnation this Sunday of the assault of the Ecuadorian Police on the Embassy of Mexico in Quito and called for “dialogue” between both countries.

“CARICOM) reaffirm the importance of adherence to the principles of international law and rules of diplomatic engagement enshrined in the Vienna Convention which codifies the inviolability of diplomatic missions and consular offices,” reads the statement.

“We anticipate that both states will seek to resolve the matter through dialogue and access to relevant multilateral process to ensure that our Region remains one of peace,” the Caribbean entity said in the statement.

The 15 state members expressed their “deep concern that the Republic of Ecuador has recently taken actions that have violated the premises of the Embassy of Mexico in Quito.”

CARICOM is another entity that joins the international condemnation of the Ecuadorian Police assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest the former vice president Jorge Glas, unjustly accused and seeking political asylum since December in the Mexican diplomatic headquarters.

The assault brought as a consequence the immediate break in the diplomatic relationships between the Central American and the South American one, also Nicaragua breaked ties with Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico.

European Union, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, US Department of State Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela, and now CARICOM are the countries and international organizations that also condemnated the actions.

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