According to the Foreign Ministry, Russia is expected to set up humanitarian corridors. The situation of some 2,000 Ecuadorians in Russia is also being monitored.
Ecuador is waiting for you Russia authorize the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to proceed to the evacuation of about a hundred Ecuadorianswho are in conflict zones on Ukraineassured this March 7, 2022 the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, César Montaño.
“We hope that the Russian government will give way to the humanitarian corridors so that they can evacuate, not only the compatriots, but some other citizens of other countries, who are trapped in the conflict zones“He told the press.
He assured that the Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Holguin“has insisted with the Russian Government that it give way to this humanitarian corridor«.
Regarding the student Diego Moncayo, who is near the Russian border, the deputy minister commented that “perhaps the most advisable thing is to evacuate him through Russia.”
“We are talking all the time, also with the Russian authorities about the issue and about the possibility that this could happen. humanitarian corridor“, he added, recalling that in the border area the situation is very complicated.
He noted that they maintain permanent contact with the more than 140 Ecuadorians are in the area east of Kiev, who have been asked to follow the instructions of the Ukrainian Government in terms of protection.
“Kiev is surrounded; as long as you don’t give way to humanitarian corridor that we have asked various countries to Russiathe best thing is that they remain in their protection sites, “he added.
The official assured that they have also spoken with the Belarusian government to facilitate the evacuation.
“Last week we managed to evacuate four students Ecuadorians who were studying in Kaliningrad, a Russian area that is between the Baltic countries and Poland. They were able to evacuate and take the flight out of Warsaw,” he noted.
In two humanitarian flights contracted by Ecuador, between last Friday and Saturday, 449 Ecuadorians who escaped from the war in ukraine.
They were joined by seven Ecuadorians and two of these wives, of Ukrainian nationality, who arrived over the weekend from Mexico, where they arrived in a humanitarian plane from the country ‘Aztec’.
In a second humanitarian flight from Ecuadorwhich arrived on Saturday, six Colombian citizens also arrived.
Regarding the Ecuadorian students in Russiaparticularly those who are in the universities in the west of that nation, on the border with Ukraine, Ecuador He has suggested that they voluntarily evacuate the area.
“If they want to evacuate that area, the Embassy is ready to provide them with the means to get to Moscow,” he said, estimating more than 2,000 Ecuadorians in Russia. EFE
