Assange ‘apology’ over Snowden asylum row [View all]
Hasan Suroor
LONDON, June 29, 2013
Julian Assange is reported to have “apologised” to the Ecuadorean government saying that his intervention in the Snowden extradition/asylum row was not meant to show “any lack of respect or concern for Ecuador or its government” ...
“There is a fog of war due to the rapid nature of events. If similar events arise you can be assured that they do not originate in any lack of respect or concern for Ecuador or its government,” the note said according to The Guardian.
It follows reports that senior figures in Ecuador were “annoyed” with WikiLeaks chief after he claimed that the Ecuador embassy in London had issued a “safe passage” pass to whistleblower Edward Snowden to travel to Ecuador.
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa declared that the document was unauthorised ...
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