Ecuador’s Correa: UK Must Retract Assange Arrest Threat, We’re Open to Dialogue

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As he urged Britain to withdraw its “rude” threat to raid the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and arrest Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, President Rafael Correa said his country was ready for Dialogue over the issue. ecuadorian president Ecuador granted last week asylum to Assange, who is holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in order to avoid extradition to Sweden where he faces questioning over alleged sex crimes.

A diplomatic row erupted as Ecuador granted asylum to Assange on Thursday, with Britain has refused to grant him safe passage out of the country, threatening to raid the embassy and arrest the Australian national.

Speaking to reporters, Correa said Britain must "withdraw the grave error it committed by threatening Ecuador to possibly raid its diplomatic mission to arrest Mr Julian Assange."
However, "despite this impertinence, this rude and unacceptable threat, we remain open to dialogue," he added.

Britain has angered Ecuador by suggesting it could invoke the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act of 1987, which it says allows it to revoke the diplomatic immunity of an embassy on British soil and go in to arrest Assange.

The wikileaks founder took refuge in the embassy on June 19 to evade extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.
Assange, 41, says Sweden plans to hand him over to the United States, where he fears prosecution over WikiLeaks's release of a vast cache of embassy cables as well as secret files on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Source: AFP	22-08-2012 - 11:20 Last updated 22-08-2012 - 11:23 \| 1437 View

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1 - Assange asylum, Why not 911 nyc goof
killfaggots7101 \| Albania	03:14	2012-08-24
Why does Assange when the creator of 911 by a goof is kept in the USA? Assange only leaked documents his action did not bring down the NYC Towers! An Ecuador solution was offered but was not understood for the 911 creator but the USA still owes $7million in backwages X3 per the fair credit act per 2 fed lawyers with property lost and dirity tricks with the FBI AGENT INTERVIEW!

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