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posted by janrinok on Sunday February 25 2018, @07:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the pound-of-flesh dept.

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/


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Arik on Tuesday February 27 2018, @05:38AM (1 child)

    by Arik (4543) on Tuesday February 27 2018, @05:38AM (#644495) Journal
    "I think this is probably an automatic wrong answer, as it wouldn't surprise me if diplomatic staff and visas have to be issued before a person enters the country."

    You think wrongly. It is the unchallenged sovereign right of any state to name their own diplomats, they need no approval from anyone, excepting only the approintment of the head of the mission himself. Only AFTER such an appointment has been made does the receiving state have the option to reply that the choice is *persona non grata.* At which point they are obliged to allow him to leave the country unmolested and in a "reasonable time."

    http://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf (Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations)

    Articles 9, 10, and 39 spell this out quite clearly.

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  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday March 02 2018, @06:44PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Friday March 02 2018, @06:44PM (#646531) Journal

    Thanks for the citation - I knew there had to be something like that existing.

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