The US uses Ecuador in the Security Council to lobby against the creation of a Palestinian state
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Published at: 18/04/2024 12:04 PM
Leaked diplomatic cables that The Intercept had access to revealed that
the United States is using Ecuador to lobby the Security Council of
the United Nations against the
creation of a Palestinian state.
Ecuador, which serves as a non-permanent member in this
instance of the multilateral organization, would be carrying out the task of
persuading other countries to deny this proposal, which is expected to be
discussed this Thursday.
According to the publication of The Intercept, one of the
cables, dated April 13 and sent from the U.S. Embassy in
Quito, gives an account of the agreement reached with the Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, Gabriela Sommerfeld.
In addition, the revealed evidence that Sommerfeld ordered the
representative of Ecuador to the UN, José De la Gasca, to pressure Japan, South Korea
and Malta, to reject the proposal to recognize Palestine as a State, an
action that would seek to prevent the United States from using a veto that would be
frowned upon by the international community.
“It's important that any proposed resolution
failed to achieve the necessary votes without the US veto,” Sommerfeld would have said.
Mazo News Team