He Russian Foreign Ministry expressed today Ecuador his “extreme concern” about the Ecuadorian attack on Embassy of Mexico V Quito and called for strict compliance Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations in 1961.

Russian diplomacy received the Ambassador of Ecuador at its headquarters. Juan Fernando Holguin Flores“who clarified the position of the national government regarding the events of April 5 at the Mexican Embassy in Quito.”

“For our part, we express extreme concern about the armed incursion of the Ecuadorian military into the Mexican Embassy,” Foreign Relations said.

He confirmed his “unconditional commitment to Russia” Vienna Convention, which “guarantees the inviolability of diplomatic headquarters.”

“We regret that Mexican diplomats were injured during the incident,” the Russian Foreign Ministry added.

Moscow called “an arbitrary interpretation of the basic norms of international law dangerous.”

“In this regard, for us there is no violation, whatever the reason, of the immunity of diplomatic missions, whether in USA, Middle East or Latin America“Said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He emphasized that “Russia will always advocate that Latin America continues to remain a zone of peace, striving for unity in its diversity.”

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“We express our hope that Latin American friends will avoid actions that create discord in the traditionally conflict-free relations of good neighborliness and partnership, and will find a mutually acceptable solution to the current situation,” Foreignaffs concluded.

Police Ecuadorian officials raided the headquarters of the Mexican Embassy in Quito on Friday and detained Jorge Glass, vice president of the country for a term of office Rafael Correa (2007–2017), the same day the Mexican government granted him political asylum.

Glas, who entered the embassy last December and shortly after asking for asylum, is facing criminal prosecution for allegedly embezzlement funds in the so-called case ‘Reconstruction’ provinces Manabi, after the 2016 earthquake.

(EFE)