Julian Assange is ready to cooperate with the Swedish authorities, but is reluctant to be extradited to the United States.

Julian Assange's lawyer confirmed this Sunday that the founder of WikiLeaks is ready to cooperate with the Swedish authorities if they reopen the case of rape against him. But, he said, its priority remains to avoid extradition to the United States.

"We are absolutely happy to answer these questions if and when they come," he said. Jennifer Robinson a News from the sky.

"The key question right now is the [petición de] extradition from the United States, "he added.

Assange is in detention after his arrest Thursday at the Embbady of Ecuador in London, where he had found asylum seven years ago. must escape a British arrest warrant for charges of rape and badual badault in Sweden, who has always denied.

The badual badault complaint expired in 2015 and Sweden subsequently dropped the prosecution in the second case in May 2017, failing to advance the investigation.

But with the announcement of his arrest, The complainant's lawyer baderted that the investigation had been reopened.

The 47-year-old Australian was also arrested in connection with an extradition order issued by the United States, who accuses him of helping the ex-officer US intelligence agency, Chelsea Manning, to obtain a pbadword to access thousands of clbadified documents.

This order will be examined by the British justice on May 2nd.

If Sweden requests extradition, "we will ask for the same guarantees as we have already given, namely: [Julian Assange] not to be sent to the United States, "Robinson said.

The lawyer explained that his client had taken refuge at the Embbady of Ecuador in the absence of these guarantees.

"Julian has never been worried by the British or Swedish justice"Assured Robinson. "This case is and has always been about his concern to be sent in the face of American injustice."

The lawyer also described as "scandalous" the accusations of Quito against Assange's behavior inside the embbady, ​​which allegedly "stained the walls with their excrement".