President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, announced this Sunday that his government summoned the Ambassador of Ecuador in the country to request information about a police attack on the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas.

According to a post on their social media, Arce had telephone contact with his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador. ratify their “solidarity for what happened at the Mexican embassy” in Ecuador.

“We inform you that we have summoned our Bolivian Ambassador (Segundina Flores) to Ecuador this Monday. Except, From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs we summoned the Ambassador of Ecuador (Mirian Esparza) in our country so that I can provide information about what happened,” he explained.

The Bolivian ruler also confirmed that protecting “the integrity of diplomatic staff is a matter of principle”and the Latin American tradition of asylum, in which Mexico is the vanguard.”

According to Arce, López Obrador emphasized the support that Bolivia has given Mexico and announced thatand your country will participate “actively” at a meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to consider this issue.

The President of Bolivia expressed the wish that the meetings announced by various multilateral organizations regarding what happened in Ecuador “make decisions that will prevent these events from happening again in the future.”

“As brotherly countries, we are united and We will strengthen our people’s diplomacy for life for the benefit of integration and coexistence of our countries,” he concluded.

The day before Arce described ‘Unacceptable’ police actions in Ecuador and expressed solidarity with Mexico and Lopez Obrador.

On this day, the former President of Bolivia and leader of the government’s Movement towards Socialism (MAS) Evo Morales (2006-2019) asked the Arce government to sever diplomatic relations with Ecuador and considered that the police raid on the Mexican embassy “is a declaration of war.”

The Mexican embassy in Quito was attacked on Friday in an attempt to arrest the former vice president. Jorge Glassprosecuted for alleged embezzlement of funds in the so-called “Reconstruction” case of Manabi province after the 2016 earthquake.

Glas entered the embassy last December. and soon afterwards he asked for asylum, which was granted to him on the same day as the police raid.

Mexico immediately severed diplomatic relations with Ecuadorand Nicaragua did the same this Saturday.

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Attack on the Mexican Embassy caused almost widespread condemnation from organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union or the Organization of American States (OAS), and the US State Department.

The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Chile also condemned the incident.

(EFE)