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Saturday, February 24, 2018

Ecuador blames Britain for impasse over Julian Assange

Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 Credit: AFP

Ecuador has blamed Britain for upending its efforts to mediate a solution for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has lived in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012 to avoid extradition.

Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the country's Foreign Minister, said Ecuador had hoped to forge an agreement with Britain on Australian-born Assange, who entered the embassy to avoid being sent to Sweden to face allegations of sex crimes, which he has denied.

"This has not prospered because to mediate, two parties are needed. Ecuador is willing but the other party is not," she told reporters.
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