In a possible breakthrough to the four-year impasse, Swedish prosecutors investigating a rape allegation against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will question him at the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has been holed up since 2012. The Ecuadorian attorney general delivered a document agreeing to a request by the Swedish authorities to question Assange at the Ecuadoran embassy in London, where he has been hiding out since the 44-year-old sought political asylum from Ecuador four years ago.
‘In the coming weeks a date will be established for the proceedings to be held at the embassy of Ecuador in the United Kingdom,’ a statement issued in Ecuador to the 'Guardian' said.
It adds, ‘For more than four years, the government of Ecuador has offered to cooperate in facilitating the questioning of Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as well as proposing other political and legal measures, in order to reach a satisfactory solution for all parties involved in the legal case against Julian Assange, to end the unnecessary delays in the process and to ensure full and effective legal protection.
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