He Government of Japan This Wednesday he joined the condemnations of Latin American and European governments, as well as the White House, of the assault on the Ecuador Police to the Mexican embassy in Quito last Friday night, April 5, 2024.
“As a country that attaches great importance to the rule of law, Japan condemns any act that violates the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which stipulates that the premises of a diplomatic mission are inviolable,” the Japanese Executive noted in an official statement.
The Japanese Government maintains that both, Mexico y Ecuadorare “important partners” of Japan and hopes that the two countries “will quickly resolve the situation through dialogue.”
The assault took place after the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa Azínordered the country’s Police to enter the Mexican Embassy in the capital, Quito, to arrest the former vice president of Rafael Correa, Jorge Glasprosecuted for corruption and who entered the Mexican embassy in December after requesting political asylum.
Images recorded by security cameras show Ecuadorian police officers taking Glas away while pointing at the person in charge of the diplomatic mission. Roberto Cansecowith a gun.
Ecuador accused Mexico of violating international treaties by sheltering a person prosecuted for corruption and alleged that the Mexican embassy did not comply with the extradition request of Glaswho faces criminal charges in the country.
For his part, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorcrossed out the assault by the Ecuadorian Police on his embassy in Quito “authoritarian” and broke off relations. EFE
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