Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld has called on Mexican authorities to enter into negotiations to facilitate the arrest of the former vice president of Ecuador. Jorge Glasswho is being held at the Mexican Embassy in Quito while prosecutors seek his arrest.

“It’s better that at this time when it happened many interpretations with specific visions rather than from a general point of view“The fact that there is a lot of noise around a sensitive issue, do not speculate anymore and work in the channels that need to be worked on, that is, in two-way dialogue tables,” he said.

Sommerfeld emphasized that although “each country has its own position (…), this does not mean that when there is disagreement, diplomacy fails.” “When there is disagreement, that is where the dialogue table is. and we are in constant contact,” the minister added, the portal reports. Telegraph.

Asked about the whereabouts of former Vice President Glas, the man in charge of Ecuadorian diplomacy assured that the former “number two” of Rafael Correa and Lenin Moreno “Of course yes,” he is still at the Mexican embassy. despite Quito’s request to enter the building and arrest him.

For her part, the Mexican Ambassador to Ecuador, Raquel Serur, said that bilateral relations between the two countries are strong and that the authorities of both countries maintain dialogue and negotiations.

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Earlier this month, Ecuadorian authorities contacted the Mexican Embassy in Quito. permission for security forces to enter the building to carry out the arrest order for former Vice President Glas, accused of a corruption conspiracy.

Glas has remained at Mexico’s diplomatic headquarters since mid-December, where he entered citing concerns for his safety and personal freedom. The embassy welcomed him as a guest and his lawyers have already announced that they have filed a formal request for political asylum in Mexico.

This maneuver by the former vice president comes after the National Police ordered his arrest to testify at the prosecutor’s office. crime of embezzlement during the reconstruction of Manabi province after the 2016 earthquake, which killed more than 670 people.

(according to information from Europe Press)