Mexico Not To Resume Diplomatic Relations With Ecuador
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, April 16, X/ @NXNoticias
April 16, 2025 Hour: 11:59 am
President Sheinbaum described Daniel Noboa’s victory in the presidential elections as ‘dubious.’
On Wednesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that her country will not resume relations with Ecuador as long as Daniel Noboa remains the president of the South American nation.
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“Relations will not be resumed, and, moreover, his victory was very questionable. The Organization of American States (OAS) itself acknowledged this,” she said.
Sheinbaum also recalled that Colombian President Gustavo Petro stated on Tuesday that he cannot recognize the Ecuadorian elections in which Noboa won re-election for the 2025–2029 term.
Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with Ecuador in April 2024, when Ecuadorian police raided the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest Jorge Glas, former Vice President of Ecuador (2013–2018), who had been granted political asylum by the Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
“The other candidate is saying there was fraud. So we will not resume relations with Ecuador. There are no conditions for that to happen. And, to begin with, they have someone imprisoned who was inside our Embassy,” Sheinbaum said.
In February, when polls showed Citizen Revolution candidate Luisa Gonzalez as the likely winner of the Ecuadorian presidential elections, Sheinbaum expressed her hope that Ecuador would have “a female president” and that diplomatic ties with Mexico would be restored.
On April 13, according to data from the National Electoral Council, Daniel Noboa received 55.6% of the votes, while Luisa Gonzalez received 44.4%.
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Source: EFE
