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    02 August 2012| last updated at 09:01AM

    Assange's mother meets Ecuador leader



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    QUITO: The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange met with Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on Wednesday to discuss the fate of her son holed up at the country’s embassy in Britain.

     

    Assange, 41, is seeking asylum in the South American state to avoid his  extradition to Sweden, where he is accused of sexual assault.
       
    During her meeting with Correa, Christine Assange expressed her “concerns  and qualms about what could happen to Julian Assange if he is extradited to  Sweden by the British government,” Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told  reporters.
     
    Assange sought refuge at Ecuador’s embassy on June 19, fearing that he  could be extradited to the United States from Sweden to stand trial for  espionage, on account of the trove of leaked US diplomatic cables and military  logs that were published on his whistleblower website.
     
    The leak represented the biggest breach of US intelligence in history.
     
    Patino has said that Ecuador will respond to Assange’s request on August  12, after the London Olympics.
     
    Correa has often been at odds with Washington and offered Assange asylum in  2010.
     
    He vowed earlier this month that his government would not yield to pressure  from Britain, Sweden or the United States in deciding whether to grant Assange  asylum. --  AFP
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