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Ecuador's foreign minister has blamed Britain over the stalemate surrounding WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange following rekindled attempts to secure his safe exit from Quito's embassy in London.
"On the issue of mediation, I have to say very honestly that it has not been successful because two parties are needed to mediate, [sic]" Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the Ecuadorian foreign minister, told reporters Friday with respect to the Assange case, Agence France-Presse translated.
"Ecuador is willing but the other party is not," she added, referring to Britain, according to Reuters.
On the other hand, from the same source, and as we have already reported:
British authorities argue that Mr. Assange, an Australian, was under house arrest when he entered the embassy and should be apprehended for having breached his bail conditions if and when he exits.
Source: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/23/ecuador-blames-britain-over-julian-assange-impasse/
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 26 2018, @12:16AM
Why shoud he just go to jail? He's not done anything except be illegally detained by the UK. That is on the UK not him.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/80912442/Agreed-Facts-Assange-Case [scribd.com]
Now he is an Ecuadorean citizen and would be able to go to Ecuador right way if the UK were not harassing him as they are. Lying about that won't help your grudge against him get resolved.