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EcuadorāPalestine relations refer to foreign relations between Ecuador and the State of Palestine.
Ecuador supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. [1] Neville Montenegro is the ambassador of Ecuador to Palestine. [1]
Ecuador had voted for the 1947 partition of the Mandate of Palestine. [2]
In 1980, after Israel declared Jerusalem its capital Ecuador relocated its embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. [3]
Ecuador condemned the 2014 Gaza War and recalled its ambassador from Israel. [3] President Rafael Correa cancelled a trip to Israel due to the war. [4] It also announced plans to open an embassy in Ramallah. [5]
In December 2015, President Rafael Correa of Ecuador officially recognized Palestine. [6] It was the fifth country in Latin America to establish diplomatic ties with Palestine. [6] [7] It supports the creation of an independent state of Palestine along the 1967 borders. [8]
Byron Vinicio Suquilanda Valdivieso, Ambassador of Ecuador to the State of Palestine, met the Prime Minister of Palestine Mohammad Shtayyeh on 3 March 2022. [9] Veronica Abad, vice-president of Ecuador, announced in November 2023 that she would visit Israel to negotiate peace between Israel and Hamas on the instructions of President Daniel Noboa. [10] [11] Ecuador had expressed solidarity with Israel after Hamas's attack. [12]
Ecuador recognized Palestine as a State with the frontier lines of 1967, on December 24, 2010. [13] [14] [15]