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Organisation of American States to discuss Ecuador, row over WikiLeaks founder Assange | | The Organisation of American States (OAS)
has called a meeting of foreign ministers to discus the diplomatic dispute between
Ecuador and Britain over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In a meeting on Friday
the group agreed that the row was not over the granting of asylum to Wikileaks
founder Julian Assange, but instead concerned the 'inviolability' of the Ecuador
embassy in London . Foreign ministers from North and South American nations will
convene at the OAS Washington headquarters on Friday after a vote by the organisation's
council that was overwhelmingly in favour. According to the Telegraph, the foreign
ministers will 'address the situation between Ecuador and the UK in accordance
with international law, and agree on appropriate measures to be adopted.' Secretary
general of the OAS Jose Miguel Insulza said the foreign ministers would focus
on 'the problem posed by the threat or warning made to Ecuador by the possibility
of an intervention into its embassy in London .' According to the paper, Ecuador
's permanent representative to the OAS, Maria Isabel Salvador, stressed that her
country had no 'hidden agenda' and that it was of 'overriding importance' to establish
the 'inviolability of our diplomatic premises.' She said Quito had received a
written communication from the UK warning it 'should be aware that there is a
legal basis in the UK , which would allow us to take action to arrest Assange
in the existing facilities of the embassy.'
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