Ecuadorean President criticizes Britain over Assange crisis

Britain would be committing diplomatic suicide if it tried to enter our country's embassy in London, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has said. The President said such a move would open up Britain to having its diplomatic missions around the world entered, the BBC reported Tuesday. BBC quoted Correa as speaking in state television about the continuing dispute over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Assange has been in the embassy since June and been granted asylum by Ecuador as he fights extradition. The UK said it is obliged to extradite Assange to Sweden, where he faces questioning over sex assault claims, which he denies, and he will be arrested if he leaves the embassy. Assange entered the embassy in June while on bail before extradition proceedings against him started.