The Organization of American States (OAS) debate this Wednesday in Washington a draft resolution presented by Colombia which “strongly” condemns the police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian vice president Jorge Glas.
On Tuesday afternoon the Permanent Council, the executive body of the organization, already held a session convened by Ecuador to present its point of view on the operation.
It was not attended by any representative of the Mexican delegation, which broke diplomatic relations with the South American country.
The government of Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa accused Mexico of promoting “impunity” by granting asylum to Glas despite being “convicted and a fugitive.”
Glas, who was vice president in the government of former socialist president Rafael Correa (2007-2017), is the subject of two sentences for illicit association and bribery and the target of an arrest warrant for the crime of embezzlement.
Over the weekend the OAS denounced “any action” that endangers the inviolability of the premises of diplomatic missions, but the text it debates on Wednesday morning is more categorical.
It “strongly condemns the intrusion into the facilities of the Mexican embassy in Ecuador and the acts of violence carried out against the integrity and dignity of the diplomatic staff of the mission.”
It calls on all countries to “respect” the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and ensure “the inviolability of diplomatic headquarters and their personnel.”
It also asks them to abide by the Diplomatic Asylum Convention and not interfere in the internal affairs of other States.
Finally, it urges Ecuador and Mexico to “initiate a dialogue and take immediate actions to resolve this serious matter in a constructive manner” and put at their disposal “the good offices” of the OAS to facilitate it.
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Source: Gestion
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