Swedish government agrees to direct talks with Ecuador which may lead to WikiLeaks founder being interviewed in London
Sweden has offered to negotiate an agreement with Ecuador to enable Swedish prosecutors to interview Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London,potentially ending the standoff between the two countries but almost certainly too late to prevent some allegations against the WikiLeaks founder from expiring.
Sweden’s government had agreed to open direct talks with Ecuador to explore the opportunity of “a general agreement” on legal assistance in criminal things, the Swedish justice ministry said.
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Source: theguardian.com