(Patiño says) UK recognizes Assange cannot be extradited to Sweden
By Anne Sewell
Sep 28, 2012
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño met with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague during the UN General Assembly. Patiño says that Britain now recognizes that due to Assange's asylum status with Ecuador, he cannot be extradited to Sweden.
Patiño and Hague met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Thursday. A summary of the talks held between the two officials is that Patiño says he has received written confirmation from Britain that the country recognizes the validity of its 1880 extradition treaty with Ecuador. Under this agreement a person, like Assange, who has been granted political asylum in Ecuador, cannot be extradited to a third country ...
A UK Foreign Office spokesman said that, “The concept of 'diplomatic asylum,' while well-established in Latin America, did not feature in UK law.”
“On the case of Mr. Julian Assange, the foreign secretary told Minister Patiño that the UK was under an obligation to extradite Mr. Assange to Sweden,” he added ...
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