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Britain "disappointed" by Ecuador asylum for Assange

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16-08-2012 | 05:34

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Britain said on Thursday it was disappointed by Ecuador's decision to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up at the Latin American state's embassy in London for two months.

"We are disappointed by the statement from Ecuador's foreign minister, that Ecuador has offered political asylum to Julian Assange," a Foreign Office spokesman said.

Ecuador has granted political asylum to WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Thursday, a day after the British government threatened to storm the Ecuadorean embassy in London to arrest Assange.

Britain has said it is determined to extradite the former computer hacker, who enraged Washington in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website published secret U.S. diplomatic cables, to Sweden where he has been accused of rape and sexual assault.

"Ecuador has decided to grant political asylum to Julian Assange following the request sent to the President," Patino told a press conference in Quito.

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