Honduras has announced the termination of its extradition treaty with the United States due to the interference of American officials in the country’s internal affairs. This was announced by President Xiomara Castro, writes TASS.
“In accordance with our constitution and international agreements, I have instructed Foreign Minister Enrique Reyna to cancel the extradition treaty with the United States,” Castro wrote on social media.
The statement came after criticism from US Ambassador to Tegucigalpa Laura Dogu, who expressed dissatisfaction with the meeting between the Honduran military leadership and Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez.
The meeting, which was also attended by Honduran Defense Minister Jose Manuel Zelaya and Chief of Staff Roosevelt Hernandez, took place in Caracas on August 20.
An American diplomat said he was surprised to see the Defense Ministry and the chief of staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Venezuela next to a “drug trafficker.”
“The intervention and interventionism of the United States, as well as its desire to control Honduran politics through its embassy and other representatives, are unacceptable,” Castro stressed. “The United States disregards the principles of international law that support respect for the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples.”
“Enough,” the President concluded.
The military seized power in Honduras at least five times during the 20th century, most recently in 2009 in coups against the current president’s husband, Manuel Zelaya.
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Source: Gazeta
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