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From the Government they considered that Lasso hyperpoliticized the departure of the former minister

From the Government they considered that Lasso hyperpoliticized the departure of the former minister

The diplomatic relationship between Argentina and Ecuador is in tension since the escape of the former Ecuadorian minister María de los Ángeles Duarte Pesantes to the Argentine embassy in Caracas. Although the president, Guillermo Lasso, has declared the Argentine ambassador in Quito, Gabriel Fuks, a “persona non grata” in the country, the official assured that he does not want the conflict to continue growing between the two nations.

Regarding the diplomatic conflict, official government sources assured NA that the responsibility for the surveillance of the former Rafael Correa official corresponded to the Ecuadorian security forces, and They pointed out that Lasso “hyperpoliticized” the event in light of his electoral weakness.

In addition, they specified that Duarte Pesantes is not a refugee nor did she take refuge in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas.

Although there are no details of the former official’s transfer to Venezuela, Oscar Laborde, Argentine ambassador to Venezuela, received her in the company of two witnesses and He gave information to carry out the paperwork for his minor son, who is an Argentine national. “There was no talk of politics,” they clarified.

In 2017, Duarte was prosecuted, along with 15 people convicted of the corruption case that also sentenced former President Correa.

Due to the sentence received, he had to face eight years in prison for the crime of bribery, attributed to public officials who carried out actions in office for their own benefit and to the detriment of the State.

As of 2019, the Argentine Foreign Ministry, by virtue of the relationship between President Alberto Fernández and Guillermo Lasso, maintained dialogue with their Ecuadorian counterparts for two and a half years to advance in the resolution of the situation of Duarte Pesantes.

Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero opted for give him humanitarian asylum in December 2022, a UN-backed legal figure within the framework of the Asylum Convention, signed by Argentina and Ecuador.

In this regard, Cafiero clarified that “despite all the attempts by both parties to find a shared solution, the prolonged passage of time was generating a situation that violated their fundamental rights“.

After the Lasso administration refused to grant the safe-conduct for the transfer to the country of asylum, the former official fled.

“The Ecuadorian rejection of the request of the safe-conduct makes the difference of opinion clear. Discrepancy on which at all times we express willingness to frame the action in international lawwhich offers solution mechanisms for these controversies,” explained Cafiero, noting that the fundamental rights of Duarte and his son were being violated.

On the contrary, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, Juan Carlos Holguín, declared this Wednesday that “A diplomatic break with Argentina was out of the question at this time” and confirmed that there was a conversation with President Fernández to demand answers on the subject.

Source: Ambito

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