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Ecuador recalls its British ambassador over Assange
2013-06-09
Posted by: badanov

Ana Alban, Ecuador's ambassador to Britain, is being recalled to Quito over her failure to bring an end to the Julian Assange asylum saga, in which the WikiLeaks founder has been holed up in her west London embassy for nearly a year.

Ms Alban, whose relations with the Government are said to have soured since Mr Assange was given asylum, is to be replaced by an ambassador charged with ending the long-running drama.

It sounds like defenestration is in Mr. Assange's future, an amusing thought.

A Quito source told The Independent on Sunday that a request for agrément (the approval of a new diplomatic representative) has been sent.

Ecuador is understood to be desperate to negotiate a way for Mr Assange to quit its embassy amicably and is growing frustrated with the lack of progress. Quito sources said they believe Britain is happy to leave Mr Assange marooned.

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