Ficha de relación
Ecuador
Reino Unido
Evaluación de la relación
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Trade cooperation coexists with lasting strain over Julian Assange’s asylum and arrest
Ecuador hacia Reino Unido
-5Ecuador granted Julian Assange asylum in its London embassy in 2012, a decision opposed by the United Kingdom. Ecuador ended the asylum in 2019 and permitted British police to arrest him. Ecuador also participated in the 2019 trade continuity agreement with the United Kingdom.
Reino Unido hacia Ecuador
-5The United Kingdom opposed Ecuador’s grant of asylum to Julian Assange and refused him safe passage from the Ecuadorian embassy. After Ecuador ended the asylum in 2019, British police arrested Assange. The United Kingdom also concluded a trade continuity agreement with Ecuador in 2019.
Relación general
0The bilateral relationship combines a concrete trade framework with a major diplomatic dispute over Julian Assange’s asylum in Ecuador’s London embassy and his eventual arrest. These features indicate mixed ties rather than a sustained close partnership or broad confrontation.
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- −100
- Hostilidad extrema y sostenida
- −50
- Considerablemente adversa
- 0
- Mixta o neutral, respaldada por información
- +50
- Considerablemente cooperativa
- +100
- Asociación excepcionalmente estrecha y sostenida
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Contexto de la relación
Panorama general
Ecuador and the United Kingdom maintain a bilateral trade framework, including a continuity agreement signed in 2019. Relations were sharply strained by Ecuador’s grant of asylum to Julian Assange in its London embassy and the United Kingdom’s opposition to his safe passage. Ecuador ended the asylum in 2019, after which British police arrested Assange. The trade arrangement and the Assange dispute point to a mixed relationship.
Áreas de tensión
- Ecuador’s grant of asylum to Julian Assange and the United Kingdom’s refusal to grant him safe passage from the Ecuadorian embassy.
Acontecimientos clave
Ecuador granted Julian Assange asylum in its London embassy.
The United Kingdom and Ecuador signed a trade continuity agreement.
Ecuador ended Assange’s asylum; British police arrested him at the embassy.
Principales incertidumbres
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond the trade framework are unclear.
- The present status and diplomatic effects of the Assange-related dispute are unclear.