The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday rejected a request for provisional measures submitted by Mexico in the case concerning the Embassy of Mexico in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, indicating that there is no serious and irreparable risk against international law.

Mexico last month asked ICJ judges to issue emergency measures to protect the Mexican diplomatic premises in Quito after Ecuadorian police broke into Mexico's embassy in Quito and arrested former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas.