Ecuador said on Wednesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange should receive guarantees that he will not be extradited if
he faces justice in Sweden after four years of living in the South
American nation's embassy in London.
Assange, who enraged Washington by publishing a flood of secret
U.S. diplomatic cables, fled to the embassy for fear that Sweden
could end up sending him on to the United States where he could
face prison for leaking U.S. secrets.
"If we can obtain guarantees that Mr. Assange will not face
extradition to the third country, I think it's fine for him to face
Swedish justice - if there are charges, because are there still no
charges," said Foreign Minister Guillaume Long in an interview with
an Ecuadorean radio station.
Swedish Chief Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren spent several hours at
the embassy on Tuesday where she posed questions through an
Ecuadorian prosecutor, before leaving without making comment.
Assange, who has repeatedly denied the rape allegation, sought
refuge in Ecuador's embassy in August 2012. He is wanted in Britain
for breaching bail.