The OAS convenes two emergency meetings, on April 9 and 10, due to the crisis between Ecuador and Mexico

The Organization of American States (OAS) has called for a state of emergency two meetings for this week with the aim of addressing the serious diplomatic crisis that has arisen between Ecuador and Mexico after Ecuadorian troops attacked the Mexican embassy in Quito to remove from there former Vice President Luis Glas, an ally of Rafael Correa .

The attack led to the severance of diplomatic ties by Mexico, which had granted political asylum to Glas last Friday and planned to take him out of Quito last weekend.

Ecuador was the first to request a meeting on Sunday on Tuesday of the organization’s Permanent Council and a few hours later Colombia and Bolivia requested another meeting on Wednesday.

The extraordinary meeting of the OAS, promoted by Ecuador, was convened on Tuesday at the organization’s headquarters in Washington at 3 p.m. local time (9 p.m. in the Basque Country) and will discuss the “Norms of Diplomatic and Asylum Relations.” .

The meeting requested by Colombia and Bolivia will take place on Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time (4 p.m. in the Basque Country) and will address “the violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and its link with the number of asylum seekers, as well as the injuries caused Mexican diplomatic personnel in Ecuador have suffered,” the call said.

The Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, also announced yesterday that he planned to request a meeting of the institution’s Permanent Council to discuss the issue, after condemning the attack on the embassy and “any action that the violates or endangers the OAS’. risking ‘the immunity enjoyed by diplomatic missions.