Ecuador–Palestine relations

Ecuador–Palestine relations refer to foreign relations between Ecuador and Palestine.

Ecuadorian–Palestinian relations

Ecuador	Palestine

Ecuador supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.^[1] Neville Montenegro is the ambassador of Ecuador to Palestine.^[1]

History

Ecuadorian Christians campaigning for humanitarian aid to Palestine in 2014.

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]