Things coming to a head between Julian Assange and Ecuador’s UK embassy
Ecuador’s president says he has never supported Assange’s leaks but that any eviction must be done correctly and through dialogue
Madrid — Ecuador’s president, signaling his government’s desire to end the long sojourn of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy, said on Friday he had never supported Assange’s leaking activities. President Lenín Moreno confirmed a July 15 report in London’s Sunday Times that Ecuador and Britain were in talks to try to end Assange’s stay at the embassy where he successfully sought asylum in 2012. Moreno said any eviction of Assange from the embassy had to be carried out correctly and through dialogue, but he displayed no sympathy for Assange’s political agenda as a leaker of confidential documents. "I have never been in favour of Mr Assange’s activity," Moreno said at an event in Madrid. Australian-born Assange sought refuge in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden to face questioning about allegations of sex crimes which he has always denied. Those allegations have since been dropped but Assange would be arrested by British police, should he leave the embassy...
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