Ecuador's
president was addressing the issue of the WikiLeaks’ founder’s
asylum in Ecuador’s British Embassy. Someone must pick up the tab
for Julian Assange’s asylum in Ecuador’s U.K. Embassy, Ecuador’s
President Rafael Correa told the international media in Quito,
Wednesday.
The
president informed the media that Assange will be questioned by
Sweden in coming days.
TeleSUR’s
Pablo Vivanco, reporting from the event, said that Ecuador’s
Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said that now that Sweden has
accepted Ecuador’s long-standing offer to question him in the
embassy, it must swiftly move toward a legal process of whether to
try or free him.
Patiño also
reiterated to journalists that Assange’s case could have been
resolved sooner had the Swedish authorities accepted the offer of
questioning earlier and if it has processed the necessary paperwork
more swiftly. The foreign minister reiterated to teleSUR Ecuador’s
respect for the Swedish legal system.
Assange, who
has been holed up in Ecuador’s London Embassy for over three years
after appealing for asylum, is wanted for questioning by Sweden.
Ecuador granted him asylum due to Assange’s fears he would be
extradited to the United States to spend up to 45 years in prison
after his website, WikiLeaks, leaked classified documents.
More:
Comments
Post a Comment