Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is expected to be questioned soon by Swedish authorities over alleged sexual offences after Ecuador indicated it had reached a bilateral deal with Sweden.
Assange has been wanted for questioning by Swedish authorities since 2010, but was granted asylum in the Ecuadorean embassy in London where he has been holed up for more than three years. In April, the activist had said he consented to the Swedish prosecutor’s conditions for the interrogation procedure to take place at the embassy in Kensington in central London. Assange’s Swedish lawyer, Per Samuelson, SAID that Sweden needed to formally approve the deal and he understood those discussions would take place on Thursday. The Ecuadorean government statement said, “The agreement, is a tool that strengthens bilateral relations and facilitates, for example, the execution of such legal actions as the questioning of Mr Assange, isolated in the Ecuadorean embassy in London”.