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| This August 19, 2012 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange making a statement to the media and supporters at a window of Ecuadorian Embassy in central London. |
London - An Ecuadorian minister said on
Wednesday that Julian Assange was in “good spirits” after visiting the
WikiLeaks founder inside Ecuador's embassy in London.
Assange has been holed up in the
tiny diplomatic mission for nine months as he seeks to avoid extradition
to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexual assault, which he denies.
Ecuador's secretary of state for
planning and development, Fander Falconi, met the former computer hacker
during a brief visit to Britain.
“He is in very good health and good spirits,” Falconi told reporters at the embassy.
“He is very proud of Ecuador's
foreign policy and the very professional way the government of Ecuador
is dealing with this issue.”
Assange fled to the embassy in June after losing his battle in the British courts against extradition to Sweden.
Ecuador
granted him asylum in August but Britain has refused to allow him safe
passage out of the country, sparking a diplomatic stalemate.
Assange founded the WikiLeaks
website that enraged Washington by releasing cables and war logs
relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the biggest security
breach in US history. - Sapa-AFP
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