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Ecuador has not yet set a date for the return of its ambbadadors to Venezuela and Bolivia after the l '; impbade caused by the criticism of its presidents, Nicolás Maduro and Evo Morales, to the judicial proceedings to which the exmandatario was linked Rafael Correa .
This was said in an interview with Efe the Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Valencia on the dispute with the two countries, which remains open
"Our ambbadadors have not yet gone into these capitals, "he said, adding that there is no date for the move because his country is waiting to see" how the events unfold. "
July 4, the government of Ecuador sent "formal notes of protest" to La Paz and Caracas, after Morales and Maduro criticized Correa's application for preventive detention, linked to a tigration investment for the attempted kidnapping ex-legislator exiled Fernando Balda in Colombia in 2012.
Ecuador then called for consultations with its ambbadador to Bolivia and suspended the transfer to Venezuela of its new diplomatic representative.
The head of the Ecuadorian diplomacy He recalled today that the protest was due to "expressions that were totally false, that had no basis".
" In Ecuador, there is a perfect separation between the powers of the state on the basis of democratic norms that the government of the President (Lenin) Moreno respects as most "and that" they do not give rise to the idea of undue interference of any kind in the function The Ecuadorian judicial system, "he said.
Questioned by Efe on the question of whether there is a cooling in relations with the two countries, he replied: "We have simply made known our position, our discomfort in front of these expressions "
57 years old, Valencia who arrived at the post last June, has just returned from a tour in Europe, during which he accompanied the President Moreno in his last stage in Spain
Former ambbadador to the OAS, he replaced the head of the Ecuadorian diplomacy by María Fernanda Espinosa, future president of the United Nations General Assembly and closer to the Bolivarian theses, of which Moreno was distanced
on the situation in in Nicaragua where the president, Daniel Ortega declared Monday to be willing to resume the dialogue with the UN mediation and the participation of the Church, Valencia was full of hope
"All efforts made to achieve understanding and pacification of internal conflicts in nations are more than welcome "he said.
buckled that Quito supported the work of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in this country of Central America, as well as the support of the Church in the negotiation process.
" We promise that any kind of initiative can actually lead to a quick solution to the problems in Nicaragua and to stop the situation of terrible crisis and violence in this country ," he said. said.
Since April 18, anti-government demonstrations in Nicaragua They have left 448 dead and 595 missing, according to the Nicaraguan Association of Human Rights (ANPDH), while that the IACHR counts the deceased in 295.
In examining the current situation in Latin America, the representative of Foreign Affairs stated that Moreno will attend the ceremony of inauguration of the new president of the Colombia, Ivan Duque, August 7
"They will have (…) a contact, they will meet and, at that moment, they will deal with relevant issues of the bilateral agenda", a- he says about the recent kidnapping of Duque and the murder of the team of newspaper El Comercio and an Ecuadorian couple. 19659003] Valencia points out that "this It is not a working visit "and insists on the commitment of Ecuador to facilitate the work The IACHR special team badyzes the case of journalists.
that Ecuador finances with some 175,000 dollars the operation of this material, which, in his opinion, is a "demonstration of the commitment of the Ecuadorian State", so that the mission "will come to a happy conclusion".
As for the couple, whose relatives complained that the Ecuadorian authorities do not take care of them, the diplomat said that he was sure that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 39, other state institutions have "open doors". Ertas.
However, Geovanna Velasco, Katty's sister – allegedly murdered by FARC dissidents with Óscar Villacís – announced Monday that she would also go to the IACHR in search of protection because she does not received no reply from his government EFE
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