Ecuador ready for dialogue with UK, but with eyes on Friday’s OAS meeting
The Ecuadorean government reiterated on Monday that dialogue with UK on the Julian Assange case will continue once London officially “withdraws” the original message with threats. Quito also is hopeful that the coming OAS extraordinary meeting will ratify full support for Ecuador as has happened with other regional organizations.
Foreign minister Ricardo Patiño made the statement following on PM David Cameron’s spokesperson confirmation that London is willing to reach a diplomatic solution to the conflict, but reiterating that there will be no safe conduct for the Wikileaks founder, currently living in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he was granted political asylum.
“Currently the threat is pending: we received that communication but we have not received one cancelling it”, said Patiño. The Ecuadorean official insists that last Wednesday it received a written communication warning on the possibility of an action against the embassy with the purpose of arresting Assange, whose Wikileaks has filtered thousands of official governments’ secrets mainly from the US.
Assange however is requested from Sweden to face charges of alleged rape, which he strongly denies.
The written piece which the Ecuadorian government considers threatening, and to which the British government never refers, was strongly condemned by the ALBA group (Bolivarian Alliance for our America), brain child of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Unasur, Union of South American Nations, created by the Brazilian diplomacy as a regional defence forum, over the weekend in Guayaquil.
With the written support from 17 nations of the region (Unasur plus Alba) among which Ecuador, the Ecuadorean government is now looking to Washington where next Friday the Foreign ministers from the Organization of American States, OAS, will be holding an extraordinary meeting.
“We know of the limitations of OAS, the complications regarding its stance in some cases not so long ago, but we are convinced that in a case as this, it is indispensable that there is a solid reaction, not for us but for OAS which must state unequivocally that one of its members has been threatened” pointed out Patiño to a local television channel.
The Ecuadorean representative before OAS, Maria Isabel Salvador said from Washington that she was already working on the “practical sides of the issue”
The OAS Permanent council must first agree on the agenda for the ministerial meeting on Friday based on the resolution proposed by Ecuador and approved last Friday during an extraordinary session with 23 votes in favour and three against, US, Canada and Trinidad Tobago.
The resolution calls on Foreign ministers to address the situation between Ecuador and the UK regarding the inviolability of Ecuador diplomatic premises in the UK, protected by international law.
The OAS Permanent Council must also agree on the rules for the meeting which demands among other things that al least two thirds of Foreign ministers or special delegates are present for the consultation meeting to go ahead.
Patiño said that if it is not possible to reach a dialogue on the safe conduct for Assange, Ecuador will refer the case to international courts, but would prefer dialogue with London because, for example, the International Court of Justice of The Hague takes a “long time”.
The Ecuadorean authorities and the Australian born whistle-blower fear the possibility that Assange might end in the US where he could be trialled for high treason and espionage and receive serious punishment or even the death penalty.
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The OAS will do nothing, just like Unasur did nothing. Issuing a few meaningless phrases that won't help Ecuador a all.
Poor Correa. Stuck with Assange, and now has embarrassed the world by claiming he supports rapists and that rape isn't illegal in his country. He did say the whole of south America, but I don't believe he has the right to speak for the rest of the countries in that region.
If the rest of South America had any common sense they would just claim neutrality and leave Correa to dig his own political demise.
However, Assange is safely locked in the Ecuadorian embassy. Eventually they'll get fed up of him and boot him out of the door.
It's just a matter of time.
UK isn't big, it's getting smaller and smaller for every time you show your faces in the international scene :)
Pay your debts and imprison your criminals before you check on the other side of your borders.
that will probably happen when he tries to pin a tail on the ambassador's secretary....
Aug 21st, 2012 - 06:22 am
Frank, ignore the throbbing tool. He is like a kid in a toyshop, a dog with a bone or a fly with a pile of shit. Him and the rest of the Malvinistas will be feeding off this for months.
You can't trust a latino it seems. Let's have a private meeting to hammer out all of the options says we.....
Okay says Ecuador. Lets.....
Here are our options. Says we......
Ecuadorians say okay we will have a look at them....
But not to study the feasibility of any of the confidential proposals but to mine for political ammunition to score points from.
Clearly we cannot trust them to act diplomatically. They understand simple childlike politics but diplomacy seems to be beyond them. As is trust. We need to note this down and until they learn to behave like diplomats and grown ups we must stop talking to them completely at the diplomatic level. They don't understand the meaning of the word and they obviously think that rape is a minor charge. Nice.
Furthermore, whatever they 'demand', we tell then to spin on it.
Julian Assange will either spend the rest of his life in the Ecuadorian embassy or he will be arrested on the way to the airport. The choice is now with him and Ecuador. I am sure they are perfect for each other.
twitter.com/helenlewis/status/237833752829648896/photo/1
It is true Assange accused the police of attempted entry to the couple of rooms that make up the Ecuador Embassy. What he actually heard was the police changing shifts and policing the common areas of the building. But then again he is prone to misinterpretation. He thinks no means yes.
when you have george gallaway on your side you know your fooked.
I was amazed to hear you say Britain is getting smaller. Have the polar icecaps finally melted ? When I drove back home from Peterborough on Sunday the distance covered was 397 miles - exactly the same as last year.
As to imprison your criminals, thank you for your unbiased advice.
In the case of Mr. Assange, that is exactly what we are trying to do !
Assange accusing the Brits of, ahem, entry without consent. It's a joke, folks.
“he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy'”
Just what is there left to talk about?
Yup, at some point someone will sit JA down and tell him that he needs to re-think his position, they will tell him that Sweden isn't that bad after all and that, if the US wanted to extradite him, they would already have tried when he was in the UK. They may even remind him that the girls are very pretty in Sweden...
Answer: Another egotistical narcissist looking for attention. They make a good pair.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-19330927
Nice one.
GG has always been a lemon. Can't see him keeping his seat the next election
I can see some frantic back pedalling coming from Ecuador very soon as Correa realises what a dim-witted stance he has taken.
USA UK should just shut down their trade until they acquiesce and then make them grovel to re-start it.
What a waste of time money and effort for a scumbag blogger.
one word,[F.O.]
Aug 21st, 2012 - 07:38 pm
That is two words but I catch you drift.
@5 Thousands of times “bigger” than your sh*theap.
@11 Be serious. Chile. The rest are faggots or queers, or both.
Thanks.
36,
Ecuador is a long long way away,
Anything could happen ,
After all, accidents do happen, do they not.
Stop the self-flattering, your crap is not a product of a thought, its the backlash of a cumpulsive and irrational typing behaviour...
”Assange is actually in the pay of the US government. His job is it undermine the credibility of wikileaks, whilst at the same time taking down the government of Ecuador. If he's successful there he'll move on to Venezula and then the rest of South America.
He has (allegedly) been paid a 6 figure sum to do this and been granted immunity from prosecution.”
I mean it must be true, because sooner or later Assange will end up in Sweden. The US will amaze the world by not extraditing him, which will undermine his credibility, and by proxy, wikileaks credibility. It will also undermine the government of Correa, and the rest of the South American countries who are stupid enough to jump on the band wagon.
A win-win situation for Uncle Sam. :0D
He has got that Ned Kelly spirit in him.... good on ye mate!!
the man is a fool.
loves all english men, regardless of nationalities!
Translation please !!!! This is supposed to be an English language site.
So what you are saying is that the UK does not respect small countries like Ecuador because they are not threat. Because they are no threat, they have no right to disagree with you.
This in essense is the typical mentality. No respect for the small, and then they want respect back, jajaja.
Good for Ecuador.
instead of stalking the brits,
We know we are the best, so you support is welcome but not needed,
thanks.
No respect for the small----Falklands
They want respect back-----Argentine
I am glad we agree on this !
......those words sound from Conor Louden-Brown,,,,,,,,/////
Hey,...... Generic Gay Briton kicked the bucket!....I support death for all UK men!!!!!!
and that then makes you a femal pervert.
sussy love women, brit are the best,
argie women are slippery and that goes for the rest,
give it sussy your been exposedlolol.
Briton just ignore her and shell dissolve into a puddle of Daigo bastard piss.
Why you think that the US would embargo Ecuador I do not understand - unless you think that the US plans to extradite Assange. Is that what you think?
she has forced me to reply on other bloggs discusting thins,
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she is evil and a satonist,
and keep trying to stick her fork everywhere,
you are right i should ignore her,
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so i am off for a week later, for R&R,
yipeeeeeeeeeee,
and when i get back, this evil person will be a thing of the past,
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thank you [56]
i will ignore her now,
she is just to evil .
thanks
I agree. S.A . is more trouble than it is worth - of course, that will have to apply to the EU also. Should Brazil return the three naval vessels it ordered from Bae or cancel parts for its aircraft from Rolls Royce, etc. etc.
As a quid pro quo, we could return all the bananas we bought from Ecuador
What a comedian you are Dany. I have missed your postings recently.
How about ARGENTINA apologizing to the UN for the crap and lies spouted by Mr. Timerman/woman.
EU is the second largest trading partner of SA and slowly is being replaced by China who will displace EU as second largest trade partner.
Latam GDP 6.3 trillions in PPP and in USD 5.2 trillions.
Don’t worry Clyde I guess the yanks from GE and the Russians will more than happy to see RR out of business in SA.
SYL.
They may well be happy but could they produce a better product - certainly not Russia.
Anyway, S.A. will be governed by China in about 30 years. They will need somewhere to put their excess population. Argentina could hold about 200 million Chinese no bother. They may even do something useful with the place !
Aviadvigatel PS-90A
If this engine is better than anything RR, GE or PW produce then why are the world's airlines and aircraft manufacturers not rushing to install them in their aircraft - present and future ?
You are talking about comparing an engine -the RB211 - designed in 1972, with which the Russians have now caught up !
The Aviadvigatel may be an excellent engine but airlines like to stick with proven companies with a good track record of reliability and service. Also, you cannot just lift an engine and fit it to an aircraft.
There has to be work done on the cowling, fuel control systems and ancillary items for repair and maintenance which add greatly to the initial cost.
Just for your info., RR supply 500 airlines, 4000 corporate cos. 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers and 70 navies with their products. Some one must think they make a good product.
I am sure that the whole of LA would remove all UK parts and components from all aircraft, ships, power stations etc. for solidarity
with Ecuador.
I'm sure that Chile would be more than happy to agree to this and mothball its fleet.
Anyway, this discussion is pointless. We are just nipping away at each other to pass the time. Whatever our pronouncements are, they will have absolutely no effect on what our respective political leaders decide.
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