Ecuador hopes hearing marks 'beginning of the end' of Assange saga
Ecuador hopes that the October questioning of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, holed up in the country's London Embassy since 2012, will mark the "beginning of the end" of the legal deadlock over case, Ecuador's foreign minister said.
Wikileaks burst onto the world scene in 2010 when it collaborated with media organizations to release US State Department diplomatic cables. The leak opened a global debate over the proper limits of journalism and state transparency.
A Swedish appeals court last week upheld an arrest warrant for Assange, clearing the way for him to be questioned in Ecuador's London embassy on Oct. 17.
"We hope that the interview in October can put an end to what is a pretty bad situation for Mr. Assange," Foreign Minister Guillaume Long told Reuters on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
