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London refused to grant diplomatic immunity to WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, so that he could escape the confinement of the Ecuadorian Embassy in the United Kingdom and settle in. Russia, reports Reuters, citing government communications.
The personality of Julian Assange has become a thorn in the foot of the Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno and, since taking office in May, Moreno has made every effort to ensure that the stay of Australians at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London takes end possible. To shift the responsibility for Assange's protection from American persecution, Ecuador would have thought about offering WikiLeaks' founder a diplomatic post in Russia, which, he hoped, would allow him to leave the country. embassy after six years of arbitrary detention.
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London, however, refused to honor Moreno's decision to authorize "special designation" Aged 47, he held diplomatic posts in Moscow and refused to grant the whistleblower free access to the country, reports Reuters, citing a letter from the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry to the lawmaker of the country. Opposition Paola Vintimilla. According to this letter, Quito abandoned its idea of transferring the alert launcher to Moscow after the British Foreign Office refused to recognize the special status of Assange or the privileges and immunities granted under the Convention. Vienna on diplomatic relations.
the "Special designation" The status granted by the President of Ecuador would allow Assange to occupy diplomatic posts abroad even if the whistleblower is not a career diplomat. However, under English law, a 47-year-old man can only enjoy diplomatic privileges, such as immunity, if his powers are accepted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
While the content of the letter has not yet been verified, Moscow had previously ridiculed the sensational reports of British tabloids denouncing a "secret Russian plan" to extract Assange from his imprisonment in London.
Citing at least four traditionally anonymous sources, the Guardian wrote that Moscow was plotting London's Assange smuggling on Christmas Eve last year, but dropped the plan because it was "considered too risky". According to the newspaper, the former Ecuadorian consul, Fidel Narvaez, was in discussion with Russian diplomats and in constant contact with a "Russian businessman" who was coordinating the proposed operation. with the Kremlin. It took the newspaper just five paragraphs of its 1,000-word report for "questions about the links of Assange with the Kremlin" in the context of the famous Mueller inquiry and the so-called "Russian piracy" of the US elections.
The Russian Embassy in London has described this article as "misinformation and false news by the British media", while the Foreign Ministry also rejected the report. "It should be noted that attempts to imagine meetings of Ecuadorian diplomats at the Russian embassy in light of conspiracy theories do not stand up to criticism," the ministry said.
"With regard to the idea that" the Kremlin was ready to lend its support "to a secret plan by" allowing Assange to travel to Russia ", we are puzzled by the sensational attitude of the authors" the Russian Embassy added. "Russia is always happy to welcome international guests if they arrive legally and with good intentions".
Assange was granted asylum at the Embassy of Ecuador in the UK in August 2012 and avoided extradition to Sweden and potentially the United States. While Sweden has since dropped the case for alleged sexual assault, Assange was forced to stay at the embassy because he is still under arrest in the UK for leaping bail six years ago. Assange fears that once the British authorities impeached him, he will be extradited to the United States, where he may be facing serious charges for his role as founder of WikiLeaks. Ecuador granted citizenship to Assange last December.
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Despite the many speculations over the summer that Moreno may soon be evicted from the Ecuadorian embassy in order to strengthen his ties with the United States, his asylum status appears to be sure moment.
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